BUTTERWORTH: About 50 foreign workers of a factory here are staying in a dirty, repulsive and congested environment at a hostel comprising six containers that also double up as kitchens.
The inhumane acts of the employers were eventually discovered when the Department of Labour Peninsula Malaysia (JTKSM) conducted a surprise check at the workers' hostel in Sungai Lokan at 9.30 am today.
JTKSM deputy director-general (operations) Mohd Asri Abdul Wahab said the department found that the accommodation provided by the factory which manufactures reinforcement bars and iron piles contravened the regulations under the Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities (Amendment) Act 2019 (Act 446).
"We found the employers had turned (six) containers into (three blocks of) two-storey hostels (with a kitchen each) to house about 50 Myanmar and Bangladeshi workers in a congested condition, during the inspection there.
"In fact, the floor of the containers had holes which were dangerous to them, and there was no JTKSM certificate.
"In addition, the employer also did not meet the specifications such as providing mattresses of not less than four inches thick, closed dustbin, first aid box and locked cupboard to enable the workers to protect their belongings," he said.
He was speaking to reporters after an integrated special enforcement operation under the Labour Act and related acts to combat the issue of forced labour here, today.
Commenting further, Mohd Asli said an inspection at another foreign workers' hostel also found that the employers had provided a congested accommodation without a certificate from JKTSM.
He said that all employers providing foreign workers' hostels must ensure they had the certificate and they could be compounded RM50,000 if they failed to have it.
Meanwhile, he said a total of RM10.81 million worth of compounds were recorded involving worker neglect by employers from February 2021 until April 20 this year.
He said JKTSM had inspected 42,572 employers involving 175,876 accommodations and opened 1,401 investigation papers with 148 of them in the prosecution stage involving total penalties of RM1.052 million.
"Meanwhile, 968 investigation papers had been given the green light for compounding involving compound offers totalling RM10.81 million.
"And we have also implemented various integrated enforcement activities focusing on all acts in an effort to detect the existence of any element of forced labour," he added.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Wed Apr 27 2022
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JTKSM Deputy D-G (operations) Mohd Asri Abdul Wahab said the accommodation provided by the factory which manufactures reinforcement bars and iron piles contravened the regulations under Act 446. - BERNAMA
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