tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67250293902996292732024-03-05T01:35:14.060-08:00Network of Action for Migrants in Malaysia (NAMM)Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-76418887168827814872022-09-12T11:22:00.001-07:002022-09-12T11:22:28.043-07:00Migrant Workers Must Be Allowed To Pursue Justice in Malaysia Before Being Repatriated - 21 Groups Statement 13/9/2022<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IWS61Dwt2F9yVCaN2cAJifKLMSuifrV4-017gWP4MNKp6L6N2-5A0tCzpUz79qu7RBcZw5gbk7XQCbvA5y4C7MYuVWAkJrzoOxhUlWeXrdljt10GxnDAo8PUqFfOeV3oSNfvqswWMigj1YykgmkIvWFIhEZQfc6cAGQyqpQxjPj-HUkWxLc/s868/Sabri%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="868" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IWS61Dwt2F9yVCaN2cAJifKLMSuifrV4-017gWP4MNKp6L6N2-5A0tCzpUz79qu7RBcZw5gbk7XQCbvA5y4C7MYuVWAkJrzoOxhUlWeXrdljt10GxnDAo8PUqFfOeV3oSNfvqswWMigj1YykgmkIvWFIhEZQfc6cAGQyqpQxjPj-HUkWxLc/s320/Sabri%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Media
Statement – <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>13/9/2022</span></u></i></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Stop making a mockery of worker and
human rights, and guarantee migrant worker Sabri, whose rights violated by
State and public officers, can stay in Malaysia to claim justice</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Access to Justice For
All Migrant Workers by Non-Repatriation Until All Outstanding Claims are
Speedily Settled</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We, the</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 21</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">undersigned
groups and organizations note that on 24/8/2022, Sabri bin Umar, the wrongly
charged, convicted, sentenced and whipped Indonesian migrant worker managed to
finally get a one month Special Pass, which now expires on 21/9/2022, after
previously obtaining 2 successive 2-week Special passed. This will give him, a
victim of rights violation, the time and ability to pursue justice that only can
be done in Malaysia in Malaysian courts and other avenues of justice in the
country. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">However, once again the Special Pass is issued
to ‘make arrangements to leave Malaysia’. This puts Sabri in a most precarious
position, and there is no absolute certainty whether this Special Pass will be
reissued after it lapses. The Malaysian government must guarantee no
repatriation, and continuous issuance of Special Passes until all his cases and
claims</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Legal Suit Commenced
Against Minister and others</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On about 22/8/2022 Sabri commenced a legal suit
at the High Court</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Tawau (TWU-21NCvC-5/8-2022 (HC)) against the
Minister of Home Affairs. The Sabah Chief Minister, the Immigration Department and
others seeking, amongst others, a court order <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">asking the Minister to make and communicate his decision on Sabri’s 2
appeals to the Minister against the decisions of the Immigration Department. </span></span></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Minister, to date, has yet to give his
decisions. If dissatisfied with the Minister’s decision, Sabri has the right to
go to the courts for Judicial Review. The Minister’s procrastination is
seriously affecting Sabri’s recognized rights in Malaysia. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Right from the very beginning, Sabri had always
applied for Special Passes so that he can pursue his rights in Malaysia utilizing
all available avenues of redress, including his claim of wrongful dismissal
seeking reinstatement. Sadly, all Special Passes have been issued for the
purpose of making arrangements to leave Malaysia, which is very wrong. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In the High Court case, Sabri did apply for an
ex-parte interlocutory injunction on an urgent basis, for in essence for a
Court Order now that will enable him to stay legally in Malaysia until his
quest for justice is over. However, on 23/8/2022, the High Court in Tawau
dismissed the said application, and have fixed dates for case management.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In court, the <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Judge allegedly said that Sabri
could always leave Malaysia and then re-enter whenever required. This is absurd
as Sabri is not a rich man, but a migrant worker who was earning minimum wage
of about RM1,200 until March2022, and who have had no income since April 2022. As
an example, the cost of the cheapest flight from Tawau to Jakarta (Indonesia)
is RM1,255 taking 10 hours, and this makes it near impossible for any migrant
worker or poor foreigner to be able to go and return when needed for their
cases. In Sabri’s case, going back to his home town in Indonesia will take more
than 2 days travel, involving travel by ferry then ship then road transport
costing about RM800 or more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We have been informed that Sabri is
contemplating appealing to the Court of Appeal with regard the High Court
decision of 23/8/2022.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Rights in law is
useless if victimized migrants are deported out of Malaysia speedily</span></b></span></p><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></b></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Malaysia should not just have good laws to
protect migrant workers, but must put in place a system that allows migrant
workers to legally stay to be able pursue their rights/claims/complaints
against employer or others, when it only can be done through departments,
commissions and courts in Malaysia</b></span>. No migrant worker should be repatriated or
deported back to his country of origin before all his rightful claims and/or
complaints are dealt with in Malaysia. Such matters ought to be dealt fast, and
arrangements ought to be made that migrant workers’ stay is allowed – better
still the ability to work and earn legally until all claims/complaints are
dealt with.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>No migrant worker must be denied the ability to
pursue their claims, including monies still owing by employers, before they are
repatriated or deported back to their country of origin.</b></span> It is best that
Immigration Department, before repatriation, gets a Certificate from the
Ministry of Human Resources confirming that there is no outstanding or
potential worker claims against the employer, a Certificate from the police
confirming the migrant worker is not a victim of crime or needed as a witness
against suspected criminals, and a Certificate from Court confirming that there
are no outstanding cases.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sabri Umar has now the High Court case(TWU-21NCvC-5/8-2022
(HC)), his claim for reinstatement that will be soon at the Industrial Court
and SUHAKAM(Malaysian Human Rights Commission) will soon decide on the Public
Inquiry, and as such a repatriation back to Indonesia is likely to seriously
jeopardize his cases and complaints, if not end them, for Sabri is but a poor
man. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Will Malaysia, a member of the UN Human Rights
Council, allow Sabri to legally remain in Malaysia, and maybe even work, until
all his current and future efforts to get justice and human rights ends? </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A court order to stay
better than monthly Special Pass at the discretion of Immigration Department</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It would have been best if Sabri had obtained a
court order allowing him to stay in Malaysia until all his cases, complaints,
inquiries and public inquiries are finally decided, with all the perpetrators
responsible for the rights violations being held accountable, and the victim
adequately compensated.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It must be noted that in the past Courts have
ordered that migrant workers pursuing claims at courts to remain in Malaysia
until the case is determined. One example is the case of Rajakannu Boopathy and
39 Indian migrant workers, who was pursuing their claims at the Labour Court,
and thereafter clams at the High Court. The Court not only ordered them to stay,
but also ordered <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that their monthly
Special Pass be issued gratis or without any requirement of payment. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On 24/8/2022, Sabri managed to get a one month
Special Pass that will expire on 21/9/2022. <span style="color: red;"><b>Sabri is still in a precarious
position, as there is yet any assurance or guarantee from Malaysia or Sabah
that he will be allowed to legally stay until his claims, complaints and cases
are finally determined.</b></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A court order would have relieved Sabri of
uncertainties and worries as to whether he can legally remain in Malaysia to
pursue his rights. On the other hand, Special Passes issued by Immigration is
most precarious as one never knows whether Immigration will continue issuing
these monthly Special Pass, or will at any time in the future suddenly deny him
a new Special Pass, whereby he may be subjected to immediate arrest and
deportation.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Strange development on
his claim for reinstatement</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In Malaysia, the first stage will be an attempt
at ‘conciliation’, where the employer may agree to reinstate OR some settlement
is reached between worker and employer. If conciliation fails, the matter is
referred to the Industrial Court. In Sabri’s case, conciliation happened on 29/4/2022,
and the employer did not want to reinstate or offer any settlement in lieu of
reinstatement, and thus the matter was to be referred to the Industrial Court,
and this was the state of affairs communicated to Sabri’s union until about almost
4 months. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Suddenly, the matter was referred back to the
Industrial Relations Department for another attempt of conciliation, and this
happened on 6/9/2022 and resulted in no conciliation. The matter again will now
be referred to the Industrial Court. 5 months have elapsed since the alleged
wrongful dismissal, and the fact the case has yet to reach Industrial Court is
shocking.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A claim for reinstatement for a migrant worker
should have been quickly referred to the Industrial Court, and the case should
have been speedily heard and disposed off. Unlike a local worker, who have the
ability to work and earn an income, the migrant worker generally are not
allowed to legally work and earn. As such migrant worker claims for
reinstatement ought to be speedily heard and decided, within 2 months or lesser
by the Industrial Court.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In Indonesia, where in such wrongful dismissal cases,
employers are required to continue paying salaries and workers are required to
continue to work until the courts finally decides on whether it is a wrongful
dismissal or not. in Malaysia the probably wrongfully dismissed worker is
expected to ‘suffer’ the loss of employment and income whilst the court decides,
while the employer carries on with business as usual. Hence, cases are delayed
sometimes for years at the detriment of the worker.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sabri Umar’s claim for reinstatement should
have rightly be at the Industrial Court at the beginning of May 2022, as
conciliation failed on 29/4/2022. The case could have already heard and decided
in 2 months. Now, the reference to the Industrial Court been delayed
suspiciously. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Is Malaysia attempting
to deter Sabri’s pursuit for justice?</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Is Malaysia attempting to deter Sabri’s pursuit
for justice, noting that he was a documented migrant worker wrongly charged,
convicted, imprisoned, whipped all by reason of the actions/omissions on the
part of the Immigration Department, Police, Public Prosecutors, Officers of the
Tawau Sessions Court who allegedly ‘green lighted’ the whipping by telling the
Prison that there were no pending appeals? Malaysia should now officially
guarantee that Sabri Umar be allowed to stay legally in Sabah or Malaysia until
all his claims for justice is settled, and ensure that the Immigration
Department continue to issue Sabri his Special Pass or some other
permits/passes to allow legal stay.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Therefore, we </span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Call on Malaysia to step up in the interest of
justice and GUARANTEE that Sabri Umar be allowed to remain legally in Malaysia,
and better still work legally, until his cases and claims are finally
determined. It is torturous and unjust to subject Sabri, a victim of rights
violations, to the uncertainty every month as to whether the Immigration
Department will give a new Special Pass or not;</span></span></b></p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Call on Malaysia to not cause the repatriation
or deportation of migrant workers from Malaysia until convinced that there are
no outstanding claims of worker rights and other rights, and that Malaysia
facilitate the provision of board and lodging and speedy trials;</span></span></b></p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Call on Malaysia to follow the practice in
Indonesia for cases of wrongful dismissals, whereby status quo is maintained
where employers continue to provide work (or wages), and workers continue to
work until the Court finally decides whether it is wrongful dismissal or not;</span></span></b></p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Call on Malaysia to stop actions/omissions that
may deter Sabri Umar’s quest for justice, and ensure that there is real access
to justice, not simply laws that provide good worker rights. All avenues of
redress are in Malaysia. Only Malaysian Courts have the jurisdiction to
determine claims of violation of rights and worker rights that happen in
Malaysia. To repatriate a poor man back to the country of origin, who
reasonably may not have the needed monies or resources to frequently travel
back and forth to pursue justice must end. </span></span></b></p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Reiterate our call for SUHAKAM(Malaysian Human
Rights Commission) to hold a Public Inquiry on Sabri’s case, as this decision
needs a support of the majority of SUHAKAM Commissioners and a decision will be
made in early October, whether there will be a Public Inquiry or not.</span></span></b></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Charles
Hector</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Apolinar
Z Tolentino, Jr.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For and on behalf of the 21 organizations
listed below</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ALIRAN</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MADPET (Malaysians Against Death Penalty and
Torture)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Building and Wood Workers International (BWI)
Asia Pacific Region</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">WH4C (Workers Hub For Change)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sabah Timber Industry Employees Union (STIEU)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">All Arakan Students' and Youths' Congress
(AASYC),Myanmar/Burma</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Black Women for Wages for Housework</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Citizens Against Enforced Disappearances
(CAGED)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Global Women’s Strike </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Haiti Action Committee</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Legal Action for Women, UK</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Migrant Care, Indonesia</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Network of Actions for Migrants in Malaysia (NAMM)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">North South Initiative(NSI)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Payday Men’s Network, UK/US</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Persatuan Komuniti Prihatin Selangor & KL</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sarawak Dayak Iban Association, Sarawak, East
Malaysia.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Media Statement – 24/7/2022</span></u></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Do not send recently acquitted wrongly
convicted migrant worker out of Malaysia until he exercises his rights in
Malaysian Courts and other avenues of justice</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">No attempts of ‘cover-up’ or preventing
access of justice</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We the 19 undersigned groups are pleased that
on 22/7/2022, the Tawau High Court Judge Dr Lim Hock Leng after revision
acquitted documented migrant worker, Sabri bin Umar and ordered him released
from prison immediately. Sabri was released on 22/7/2022. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mr2FKlUEpZyUwLkGk1EiKP4z8VKiWDtajaQ9lzqMwZ_zwR3yqrJNtPgiPfB-UaI2aQwNY5u1XKypdGxGdY-O_AgNZ-3uSpJSKg0OErdUfGANn2KMXKMiSRYaIL9sFBGR3pY0jKYeaY6rUzc5vxTKHGU8auJnHYq_aRiFozk31E-8zD_Px38WL2ef/s1040/Sabri%20Released%2022072022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="780" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mr2FKlUEpZyUwLkGk1EiKP4z8VKiWDtajaQ9lzqMwZ_zwR3yqrJNtPgiPfB-UaI2aQwNY5u1XKypdGxGdY-O_AgNZ-3uSpJSKg0OErdUfGANn2KMXKMiSRYaIL9sFBGR3pY0jKYeaY6rUzc5vxTKHGU8auJnHYq_aRiFozk31E-8zD_Px38WL2ef/s320/Sabri%20Released%2022072022.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On 19/4/2022, Sabri was wrongly convicted for
being illegally in Malaysia for the offence under Section 6(1)( c) Immigration
Act</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1959/63 by the Tawau Session Court, when in fact he was a documented
migrant worker with a valid work permit/pass at the material time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a fact evident from, amongst others,
Sabri’s Indonesian Passport, which was taken by the police when he was arrested
on 5/4/2022.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The court acknowledged the fact that Sabri was
whipped, which was an act against Malaysian law which prohibits the carrying
out the sentence of whipping of the convicted until appeal filed is heard and
determined. This was also confirmed by the Prison Department.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The highlighting of Sabri’s miscarriage of
justice, vide Joint Media Statement by 45 groups issued on 19/7/2022 entitled,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sabri, Migrant Worker Wrongfully Whipped Before
Appeal Heard</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">’ and various
letters, including from Sabri’s union, Sabah Timber Industry Employees Union
(STIEU) got the High Court’s attention that led to the calling up Sabri’s case for
revision on 22/7/2022.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Worry of deportation or sending of
Sabri out of Malaysia</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We are worried that Sabri may be deported or send out of Malaysia. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This may be conceived as an attempt to ‘cover
up’ the possible wrongful actions of the police, immigration department, prison
department, prosecution, the employer, the courts and the government that
caused an innocent man to be wrongfully charged, convicted and sentenced to 11
months imprisonment and 5 strokes of the whip. Sending out of Malaysia, may
impede Sabri’s quest for justice, whereby all legal actions reasonably will
have to be commenced in Malaysia and Sabri’s absence from the country may be
detrimental to his enforcing his rights.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As it is, Sabri has already commenced a claim for reinstatement by
reason of wrongful dismissal at the Industrial Relations Department, which is progressing
and will be referred to the Industrial Court. Sabri wants to work and live
legally in Malaysia, and his wife is also a migrant worker in the country.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sabri’s Claims Against Malaysia For
Wrongful Conviction And Whipping</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Initial investigations</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> have shown that Malaysian government, the police, the Immigration
Department, Prosecutors, Prison Department and maybe even the employer may be
liable for the grave injustice that has befallen Sabri. Sabri had to spend
almost 94 days in prison, and 14 days in detention. He was wrongly whipped 5
times on 23/6/2022, despite there being an appeal that was filed on 22/4/2022
and yet to be heard. Sabri may also have a claim against the Indonesian
government, and his lawyer.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Prison Department, in their letter dated
18/7/2022, stated that the whipping was only carried out after they received a
letter from the Session Court saying that there were no appeals from any party.
This was false as there was an appeal yet to be heard.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Immigration Department also furnished false
records about Sabri, that also led to the Court being misled into believing
that Sabri was an undocumented migrant, who had entered and remained illegally
in Malaysia.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Besides the Malaysian government and its
various departments, Sabri may also have cause of action against the Indonesian
government and the lawyer.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sending Migrants out of Malaysia
impedes ability to maintains claims of rights violation</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The speedy sending of migrants out of Malaysia,
even when they have valid claims against their employer and/or others, which
requires the physical presence of complainant/claimant at the law enforcement
departments and/or courts, has denied many a migrant from even being able to claim
their rights using the available legal avenues in Malaysia. Calls for confirmation
of whether migrant workers have existing rights/claims or ongoing cases before
sending them out of Malaysia has yet receive positive response.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Therefore, we</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Call on Malaysia and/or Indonesia not
to cause Sabri bin Umar to be send out of Malaysia before he can exercise all
his rights/claims in Malaysian avenues of justice, including his present claim
for reinstatement by reason of wrongful dismissal at the Industrial
Department/Court;</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Call on all parties to not threaten,
deceive and/or pressure Sabri from exercising his right to claim for damages,
compensation and justice from relevant parties that have unjustly deprived Sabri
his freedoms and rights, and caused him sufferings; and</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Call on the government of Malaysia
to ensure that Sabri can continue to work and stay legally in Malaysia until
all his claims for justice are determined and satisfied.</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Charles Hector</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Apolinar Z Tolentino, Jr.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Adrian Pereira</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For and on behalf of the 19 organisations
listed below</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ALIRAN</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MADPET(Malaysians Against Death Penalty and
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Building and Wood Workers International (BWI)
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">WH4C (Workers Hub For Change)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">North South Initiative</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Black Women for Wages for Housework, US</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Centre for Orang<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Asli Concerns (COAC), Malaysia</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Club Employees Union Peninsular Malaysia</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Haiti Action Committee</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Labour Law Reform Coalition, Malaysia </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Network of Action For Migrants in
Malaysia(NAMM)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sabah Plantation Industry Employees Union,
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sabah Timber Industry Employees Union (STIEU)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Union of Forestry Employee Sarawak (UFES)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The William Gomes Podcast, UK</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Timber Employee Union Peninsular Malaysia</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Women of Color/Global Women’s Strike, US and UK</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">See earlier Statement - </span></span><br /></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://charleshector.blogspot.com/2022/07/sabri-migrant-worker-wrongfully-whipped.html">Sabri, Migrant Worker Wrongfully Whipped Before Appeal Heard - Statement of 45 Groups- 19/7/2022</a></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Media Statement (45 GROUPS) – 19/7/2022</span></u></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Sabri, Migrant Worker Wrongfully Whipped Before Appeal
Heard</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">45</b> undersigned
groups and organizations are shocked that Indonesian migrant worker Sabri bin
Umar was whipped at the Tawau Prison on 23/6/2022 despite there being an appeal
at the High Court regarding his conviction/sentence by the Session Court which
have yet to be heard. The law in Malaysia clearly states that <b><span style="color: red;">the sentence of
whipping shall not be carried out until the appeal is heard and determined.</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Convicted Cannot Be Whipped Until Appeal Heard And Decided</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Section 311 of the Malaysian Criminal Procedure Code
states,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘<b>Except in the case of a
sentence of whipping (the execution of which shall be stayed pending appeal)</b>,
no appeal shall operate as a stay of execution, but the Court below or a Judge
may stay execution on any judgment, order, conviction or sentence pending
appeal, on such terms as to security for the payment of any money or the
performance or non-performance of any act or the suffering of any punishment ordered
by or in the judgment, order, conviction or sentence as to the Court below or
to the Judge may seem reasonable.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For any other sentence, other than whipping, the convicted
is required to file an application for stay of execution pending appeal.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sabri ‘Wrongly’ Convicted Then Wrongly Whipped On 23/6/2022
Before Appeal Heard</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On 19/4/2022, the Session Court convicted Sabri for
committing the offence pursuant to Section 6(1)( c) Immigration Act 1959/63,
and sentenced him to 11 months imprisonment and 5 whippings. He was
unrepresented at that time.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Section 6(1)( c) Immigration Act (1) states that. ‘No
person other than a citizen shall enter Malaysia unless- (a)…(c) he is in
possession of a valid Pass lawfully issued to him to enter Malaysia; or..’</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As such, a documented migrant worker like Sabri bin Umar
can never reasonably be found guilty of this Section 6(1)( c) Immigration Act
offence, for he was a documented migrant worker and his entry and presence in
Malaysia were in accordance to law.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A perusal of court documents revealed that the Immigration
documents tendered to the court was FALSE, as it stated that there was no
records of entry and exit for Sabri. It failed to disclose the truth, that
Sabri was indeed a documented migrant worker for the past about 7 years, and
that he was in the employ of one Fu Yee Corporation Sdn Bhd in Tawau, Sabah,
Malaysia. His work permit also had been renewed by the Immigration Department
in 2022, and should reasonably be valid for a year.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In fact, prosecution had also failed in their duty to
properly investigate before charging Sabri. An investigation would have
revealed that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sabri was documented
worker who cannot be charged for a Section 6(1)( c) Immigration Act</b>. It
must be pointed out that Sabri was arrested at his workplace on 5/4/2022. There
also seem to be no charges against the employer, Fu Yee Corporation, for
harboring or employing an undocumented worker.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The appeal to the High Court was filed on or about
22/4/2022, and this appeal has not yet been heard and decided upon. Sabri was wrongly
whipped on 23/6/2022.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7u-ZccY5To9KLOOaT7TJymx5pm36HE4g6P7IW31lTXi8rOGVdZPJJMmtGWaw27FYYtjcZ8-pc58rAi1ZI2hSTgBxIGdXDnu-Ypfng_v_7fYDkE4sUNOF4WRjpherwHbvhd-Q8O_p9RYEANzGEToAZE9ZksCu9JkEjMuvkx_030-9oV8_ZwEY/s598/Screenshot%202022-07-19%20at%2001-00-36%202025%20-%20Sabri%20Passport.pdf.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="598" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7u-ZccY5To9KLOOaT7TJymx5pm36HE4g6P7IW31lTXi8rOGVdZPJJMmtGWaw27FYYtjcZ8-pc58rAi1ZI2hSTgBxIGdXDnu-Ypfng_v_7fYDkE4sUNOF4WRjpherwHbvhd-Q8O_p9RYEANzGEToAZE9ZksCu9JkEjMuvkx_030-9oV8_ZwEY/s320/Screenshot%202022-07-19%20at%2001-00-36%202025%20-%20Sabri%20Passport.pdf.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Migrant
Workers and employers that violate worker rights</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For a migrant worker, even after his employment agreement
comes to an end, the employer has the duty or responsibility to ensure safe
return back to the migrant’s country of origin. Hence, even if the immigration work
permit/pass that allows for legal presence ends, an employer has the duty to
keep the migrant worker safe, including making needed application for
pass/permits to allow legal presence in Malaysia until employer can arrange the
return to home country.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Some ‘bad’ employers do sometimes wrongfully terminate, and
quickly, even forcibly, send migrant workers back to countries of origin. This
denies migrant workers access to avenues of justice to pursue claims of wrongful
termination and reinstatement, claims for wages/monies still owing by employers
to workers and other legal claims. Unfortunately, in Malaysia many of the
avenues of justice including labour departments, industrial relation
departments and even courts require physical attendance of the
complainant/claimant, failing which it assumes that the migrant worker is no
longer interested and the process to ensure justice ends.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Some other worse employers may just cause the cancelation
of permits, and then may even cause or facilitate migrants to be arrested,
charged and convicted for being undocumented, and then deported.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In the case of Sabri Bin Umar, who is also a union member
of the Sabah Timber Industry Employees Union (STIEU), who claims that he was
wrongfully terminated by his employer on 4/4/2022, and then was arrested by
police on 5/4/2022 and was detained until charged and convicted on 19/4/2022.
However, Sabri bin Umar did manage to file a wrongful dismissal claim in the
Industrial Relations Department on 19/4/2022 seeking reinstatement, whereby
this process is ongoing.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The employer, who knew that Sabri was not an undocumented
worker failed to bring to the attention of the police, prosecutors and court
this material fact, which reasonably would have meant Sabri would not be
charged, let alone be convicted for being illegally in Malaysia under Section
6(1)( c) Immigration Act. Fu Yee Corporation should be doing the needed to end
the current serious miscarriage of justice.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Whipping,
a Corporal Punishment must be abolished</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sabri’s case has come to light, but there is concern about
whether others have been whipped before their appeal is heard and disposed of.
Whipping is a corporal punishment that inflicts serious physical and
psychological injury, where victims are known to pass out even before the full
sentence is carried out. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Immigration Act 1959/63 was amended and as of August
2002, and the sentence of whipping was introduced for use against undocumented
migrants. According to Prisons Department records, 47,914 foreigners were found
to have violated the Immigration Act from 2002 to 2008. Of these, 34,923 were
whipped. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Malaysian Bar is unequivocally and unreservedly is against
all forms of corporal punishment, including caning or whipping, in accordance
with the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“UNCAT”), and international human rights
norms. SUHAKAM (Malaysian National Human Rights Commission) has also long recommended
that the Government of Malaysia prohibit the use of corporal punishment of
caning and whipping.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Therefore, we<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Call for Malaysia to immediately apologize and do
the needful to ensure justice be done for the wrongful or illegal whipping of Sabri
Bin Umar before his criminal appeal/s is heard and determined, and that actions
be taken against those responsible;</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Call for the immediate abolition of whipping, a
form of corporal punishment in Malaysia.</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Call on Malaysia to immediately ratify the UN Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt;">Charles
Hector</span></i></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt;">Apolinar
Z Tolentino, Jr.</span></i></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For
and on behalf of the 45 organisations listed below</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ALIRAN</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">MADPET
(Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture)</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Building
and Wood Workers International (BWI) Asia Pacific Region</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">WH4C
(Workers Hub For Change)</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Asosasyon
ng mga Makabayang Manggagawang Pilipino Overseas (AMMPO) in Malaysia</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Black
Women for Wages for Housework</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Citizens
Against Enforced Disappearances, CAGED</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Civil
Society Action Committee </span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Domestic
Caretaker Union (DCU), Taoyuan City. Taiwan</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Federasi
SERBUK, Indonesia</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Federasi
Serikat Buruh Kehutanan Perkayuan dan Pertanian Serikat Buruh Sejahtera
Indonesia (HUKATAN)</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Federation
of Indonesia Workers’ Awakening (FKUI)</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Haiti
Action Committee</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hong
Kong Federation of Asian Domestic Workers Unions, Hong Kong</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">International
Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF)</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">International
Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific, Malaysia</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Japan
Innocence and Death Penalty Information Center (jiadep.org)</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Koalisi
Buruh Migran Berdaulat, Indonesia</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Labour
Law Reform Coalition(LRRC), Malaysia </span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Malay
Forest Officers Union (MFOU), Malaysia</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Malaysian
Trade Union Congress Sarawak (MTUC – Sarawak), Malaysia</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Migrant
Care, Indonesia</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Migrant
Forum in Asia (MFA)</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">National
Union of Transport Equipment & Allied Industries Workers, Malaysia</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Network
of Action For Migrants in Malaysia(NAMM)</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">North
South Initiative(NSI)</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Persatuan
Pekerja Rumah Tangga Indonesia Migran (PERTIMIG), Malaysia.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Persatuan
Sahabat Wanita Selangor (PSWS), Malaysia</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sabah
Plantation Industry Employees Union (SPIEU)</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sabah
Timber Industry Employees Union (STIEU)</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sarawak
Bank Employees Union (SBEU), Malaysia</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sarawak
Dayak Iban Association</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">SETEM
Catalunya,Spain</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Singapore
Anti Death Penalty Campaign</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Scalabrini
International Migration Network (SIMN)</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sedane
Labour Resources Centre, Indonesia</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">South
Africa Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union (SADSAWU), South Africa</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Teoh
Beng Hock Trust for Democracy</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
Cross-Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants, Lebanon</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
William Gomes Podcast, United Kingdom</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Timber
Employees Union of Peninsular Malaysia (TEUPM)</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">TIEUS
(Timber Industry Employee Union Sarawak)</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">United
Domestic Workers of the Philippines , Philippines</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Union
of Forestry Employees Sarawak (UFES), Malaysia</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Women
of Color/ Global Women’s Strike</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-4861623673304614102022-05-26T11:47:00.005-07:002022-05-26T11:47:58.962-07:00Media Statement (8 Gps) - SUHAKAM ‘dead’ with no HR Commissioners for 1 Month is unacceptable<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Media
Statement – 27/5/2022</span></u></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt;">SUHAKAM ‘dead’ with no HR Commissioners for 1 Month is
unacceptable</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">We,
the 8 undersigned organizations and groups are perturbed that the Malaysian
Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) has ceased to function when the term of
office of the previous Chairman and SUHAKAM Commissioners came to an end on
27/4/2022, and to date no new Chairpersons and HR Commissioners have been
appointed. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Without
any HR Commissioners, SUHAKAM cannot play the vital role it has been playing in
Malaysia. They can make no SUHAKAM statements, recommendations to the government
or even hold public inquiries. Human Rights suffers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">A
media report on 11/5/2022, stated that the ‘…Human Rights Commission of
Malaysia (Suhakam) is conducting an investigation into alleged human rights
violations against junior doctors at public hospitals in Malaysia…’ raises a
fundamental question, as to how SUHAKAM, with NO Commissioners at present, can even
make such a statement. SUHAKAM employees reasonably cannot act on their own if
and when there are no Commissioners. (FMT, 11/5/2022).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">SUHAKAM
is a statutory body created by reason of the Human Rights Commission Of
Malaysia Act 1999, and the Commission is made up of the appointed HR
Commissioners, appointed for a 3-year term. When there are NO Commissioners, as
had been the case for the past month, SUHAKAM ceases to function, and will not
be able to do anything including issuing <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>statements, appointing and also providing
directions to SUHAKAM’s staff/employees.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Noting
the important role that SUHAKAM has been playing in Malaysia, in terms of the
promotion and defense of human rights, it is an embarrassment for SUHAKAM to
find itself in a comatose stage by reason of a failure of government to ensure
that SUHAKAM always have Commissioners. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">It
must be pointed out that the process of identifying and selecting new SUHAKAM Commissioners
began in October 2021, and so the failure of the appointment of Chairperson and
new Commissioners on or before the end of the term of previous Commissioners on
27/4/2022. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The
choice of the future Chairperson and SUHAKAM Commissioners is crucial, for that
determines the future functioning and effectiveness of the National Human
Rights Institution. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">In
the past, from the birth of SUHAKAM, its effectiveness was not so evident but
it changed after Tan Sri Hasmy Agam (2010-2016), and later Tan Sri Dato' Razali
bin Ismail(2016-2019) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>were appointed as
Chairpersons of SUHAKAM. The strong effective SUHAKAM continued on until April 2022.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The
number of Commissioners who will act without fear or favour for human rights in
SUHAKAM is crucial, for all decisions of SUHAKAM requires consensus failing
which the decision by a two-thirds majority of the members present at meetings shall
be required. If the wrong kinds of Commissioners are appointed, we may end up
with a less vocal, possibly ‘pro-government’ SUHAKAM who may be disinclined to
speak up when required, or even hold public inquiries, more so when the alleged
perpetrators may be State or State officers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">If
the wrong Chairperson and Commissioners are chosen, there may be no more public
inquiries on matters of human rights, like the Public Inquiry Into The
Disapperances Of Joshua Hilmy And Ruth Sitepu, Public Inquiry Into The
Disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh And Amri Che Mat, Public inquiry into the
incidents during and after the public assembly of 28 april 2012, Public Inquiry
into the Infringement of Human Rights Including the Use of Excessive Force
Prior to and During the Assembly on 9 July 2011, Public Inquiry Into The Arrest
And Detention Of Five Lawyers Of The Kuala Lumpur Legal Aid Centre on 7 May
2009, Public Inquiry Into The Allegation Of Excessive Use Of Force By Law
Enforment Personnel During The Incident Of 27th May 2008 At Persiaran Bandar
Mahkota Cheras 1, Bandar Mahkota Cherasil and inquiries into death in custody. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The
days when the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) was effectively an
independent organisation which investigates complaints for the violation of
human rights may come to an end. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">We
hope that the members of the Commission appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
on the recommendation of the Prime Minister are done without any more delay. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Charles Hector </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For and on behalf of the 8 groups/organizations
listed below</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">ALIRAN</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">MADPET(Malaysians
Against Death Penalty and Torture)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Greenpeace
Malaysia</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">International
Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">NAMM
(Network of Action for Migrants in Malaysia)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Saya
Anak Bangsa Malaysia (SABM)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Teoh
Beng Hock Trust for Democracy</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">WH4C
(Workers Hub For Change)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> </span></b></p><header class="td-post-title">
<h1 class="entry-title"><span style="color: red;">Suhakam left with no commissioners for third time</span></h1>
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<div class="td-post-author-name"> <a href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/author/anba/">V Anbalagan</a><div class="td-author-line"> - </div> </div> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2022-04-27T12:45:13+08:00">April 27, 2022 12:45 PM</time></span> </div>
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<p>PETALING JAYA: The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) does
not have any commissioners after their term expired yesterday, similar
to what happened twice previously.</p>
<p>Former commissioner Mah Weng Kwai said a selection committee met on Monday and the process would take some time.</p><p>“As of today, there are no commissioners and this will affect
advocacy work and maintaining the good standing of Suhakam,” he told
FMT.</p>
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<p>There are nine commissioners who have a three-year term from 2019.</p>
<p>Five, including Mah, a former Court of Appeal judge, served two terms, the maximum allowed under the Suhakam Act.</p>
<p>The other four – Osman Hashim, Noor Aziah Mohd Awal, Madeline Berma
and Hishamudin Md Yunus – could be reappointed for another term.</p>
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<p>Mah said that three years ago, it took the government two months to appoint the commissioners.</p>
<p>“It is in the best interest of the public that the commission is up
and running at all times as there are always serious challenges on human
rights issues like the threat to the independence of the judiciary,” he
said.</p>
<p>In 2016, under Najib Razak’s administration, Suhakam was also left without commissioners for almost two months. - <a href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2022/04/27/suhakam-left-with-no-commissioners-for-third-time/" target="_blank">FMT, 27/4/2022</a></p><p> <br /></p><div class="text-3xl font-semibold leading-snug text-coolGray-600 mt-2 tracking-normal print:text-lg"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Five Suhakam commissioners complete two service terms</b></span></div><div class="text-coolGray-500"><div class="text-xs lg:text-sm font-medium opacity-90 flex items-center space-x-2 mt-2"><div><div></div><div class="flex flex-wrap items-center text-xs lg:text-sm opacity-90 font-normal"><div class="whitespace-nowrap"><span>Published: </span> Apr 27, 2022 10:22 AM</div><div class="text-lg leading-none mx-1">⋅</div><div class="cursor-pointer p-2 w-full flex items-center justify-center"><span>Updated: </span> 10:25 AM<span style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: initial; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: initial;"><span style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: initial; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; width: initial;"><img alt="" aria-hidden="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMjAiIGhlaWdodD0iMjAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; display: block; height: initial; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; width: initial;" /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><a href="https://wa.me/?text=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/619410" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/share?url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/619410" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><div class="cursor-pointer p-2 w-full flex items-center justify-center"><svg class="text-sky-500 w-5 h-5" fill="currentColor" height="1em" stroke-width="0" stroke="currentColor" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g></g></svg></div></a><p>Five Suhakam members completed their second term at the human rights commission yesterday.</p><p>They are Mah Weng Kwai, Jerald Joseph, Nik Salida Suhaila Nik Saleh, Lok Yim Pheng and Godfrey Gregory Joitol.</p><p>All five started their tenure as Suhakam commissioners in 2016 during then prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's administration.</p><p>Each
term lasts three years. Section 5(4) of the Human Rights Commission of
Malaysia Act 1999 (Suhakam Act) does not allow a third term.</p><p>Four
other commissioners completed their first term including Othman Hashim
(outgoing chairperson), Madeline Berma, Mohd Hishamuddin Md Yunus and
Noor Aziah Mohd Awal.</p><p>Putrajaya has yet to announce the list of replacement commissioners.</p><div class="medium-insert-images"><figure><img height="240" src="https://i.malaysiakini.com/1305/4ce54ff0a7d52ff047853d9da61822f6.jpeg" width="400" /></figure></div><p>Suhakam
members are appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the
recommendation of the prime minister in consultation with an appointment
committee chaired by the chief secretary of the government.</p><p>According
to Section 11 of the Suhakam Act, the committee must also consist of
the chairperson of Suhakam and three members of civil society who have
practical experience in human rights matters, appointed by the prime
minister.</p>In previous cycles, there have been incidents where
there will be a gap of several months before a new batch of
commissioners is appointed. - <a href="https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/619410" target="_blank">Malaysiakini, 27/4/2022</a>Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-9807312343000723892022-05-02T09:24:00.002-07:002022-05-02T09:24:33.793-07:00Law says for OSH violation, both company and Directors(Managers, etc) but why are the humans not charged - Joint Statement of 15<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <b><i><u><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Media Statement – 3/5/2022</span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">Is it the
Minister or is it the Public Prosecutor that ‘protects’ Directors and/or humans
in companies from being charged when OSH laws are breached and worker/s die?</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">174 workers
killed and 249 disabled in 6,686 workplace accidents in 2021</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We, the <b>15 </b>undersigned
groups, trade unions and organization are concerned as to why human persons
responsible for worker safety and health are still not being charged in court
even when workers are killed or injured despite the fact that the Occupational
Safety and Health Act 1994 provides for this. Prosecution for offences under this
Act requires the consent of the Public Prosecutor, and as such one wonders <b>whether
it is the Public Prosecutor or is it the Minister that is deciding to charge only
the company, but not the director, manager, secretary or other like officer</b>
of the body corporate even when workers are killed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It was recently reported that a
state-linked company (SLDB Management Sdn Bhd) and a manufacturing firm was found
guilty for the offence under Section 15(1) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act 1994, for neglecting safety aspects, which resulted in the deaths of
their workers which provides for a fine of up to RM50,000 or a jail term of up
to two years, or both, upon conviction. It appears from the media report that
no ‘director, manager, secretary or other like officer of the body corporate…’
was charged(Star, 8/4/2022)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">After state-linked SLDB
Management Sdn Bhd pleaded guilty on Friday (April 8), the company was ordered by
the Sessions Court to pay a fine of <b><u>RM15,000</u></b> for the death of
Indonesian worker Cahya Abdullah at Ladang Bombong 1, Kampung Bombong in Kota
Marudu on May 25 2021. SLDB Management was also ordered to pay RM5,000 by April
14 to Cahya's next of kin.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In the other case, Englen
Manufacturing Sdn Bhd after its representative admitted to the charge, was
sentenced with a fine of <b><u>RM20,000</u></b> or three months' jail. The
company was accused of failing to ensure the safety of its worker Bonnie Roger,
who was involved in a fatal accident at its premises on May 15 last year at the
Kota KInabalu Industrial Park here.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">What is of concern is that no
human decision maker or owner of these companies were charged for these offences
despite the fact that Section 52 of the Occupational Safety And Health Act 1994
states ‘(1) Where a body corporate contravenes any provision of this Act or any
regulation made thereunder, every person who at the time of the commission of
the offence is a <b><u>director, manager, secretary or other like officer of
the body corporate</u></b> shall be deemed to have contravened the provision
and may be charged jointly in the same proceedings with the body corporate or
severally, and every such director, manager, secretary or other like officer of
the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence.’ Subsection (2)
states, (2) <b>A person may be proceeded against and convicted under the
provision of subsection (1) whether or not the corporation has been proceeded
against</b> or has been convicted under that provision.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It must be pointed out that in a company,
all decisions are made by human persons, including ensuring the safety of
workers. It is absurd that <b>only the company is charged in court, and not the
human decision makers or those responsible</b>. With regards to a company, they
can only be fined – it obviously cannot be imprisoned.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Concern arises about this
practice of not charging Directors and officers of the company, more so when it
is a government linked company (GLC), where Directors may be politically
appointed persons is a worry. Directors of companies have a great
responsibility not just to the shareholders but also to all workers, and
actions or omissions be it intentionally or negligently done, to avoid making
workplaces safe to protect workers and their health should no longer be
tolerated. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Even in the recent 2 cases in
Sabah, we find that the companies immediately admitted guilt, and as such there
will also not be any grounds of judgment that can be educational to other
employers to ensure that they do not ignore safety and health of workers. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The cases was dealt at the
Sessions Court, even when death was a result of the fault of the employer, and
this may also lead to non-dissemination and/or reporting of the grounds of
judgment in law journals. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We take the view that <b>when a
worker dies, or is injured</b> by reason of an employer’s failure to ensure the
safety and health of a worker, this <b>matter should be dealt by the High Court</b>,
and <b>a higher penalty</b> ought to be imposed on the guilty employer company,
and its a director, manager, secretary or other like officer of the body
corporate. Black listing of such convicted companies and its directors may also
be needed to ensure employer’s place the highest regard to complying with the
law concerning occupational health and safety.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Statistics from the Department of
Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) showed that there were 6,686 workplace
accidents reported as of December 2021, of which <b>174 were fatal</b>. Another
<b>249 victims became disabled</b>. This shows that this issue is a very
serious issue for the protection of workers.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Prior Written Consent Of The Public Prosecutor – Who decided
not to charge Directors,etc?</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Section 61 of the Occupational
Safety And Health Act 1994 states that ‘Prosecutions in respect of offences
committed under this Act or any regulation made thereunder may, with the<b><u>
prior written consent of the Public Prosecutor</u></b>, be instituted and
conducted by an occupational safety and health officer or by an officer
specially authorized in writing by the Director General subject to the
provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">By reason of the written consent
requirement, the Public Prosecutor may be the person refusing to give the
required consent if and when the Ministry wants to charge certain directors,
managers, secretary or other like officer of the body corporate, and so they
cannot be charged. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Alternatively, it may the
officers of the Ministry, being the ‘…occupational safety and health officer or
by an officer specially authorized in writing by the Director General…’ who
chooses not to charge any directors, managers, secretary or other like officer
of the body corporate.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This matter needs to be
clarified, and the reasons for not charging the human persons in these
companies need to be investigated. We hope that there is no corruption or abuse
of power involved.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The maximum fine from RM50,000
will be increased to RM500,000 by virtue of the Occupational Safety And Health
(Amendment) Act 2022, which was gazetted on 16/3/2022, but is not yet put into
force by the Minister, being the Human Resource Minister. Why the delay?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">As such, the Session Courts
imposition of fines of only RM15,000 and RM20,000 in the cases mentioned above
where workers died by reason of the companies’ breach of the law, when
Parliament had already decided to raise fines is also questionable. True, that
the current maximum applicable in this cases was only RM50,000, and justly
where the companies admitted guilt, maximum fines should have been imposed
since workers died by reason of the companies breach of the law.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The Public Prosecutor and the
Minister must explain why <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>directors,
manager, secretary or other like officer of the body corporate are not being
charged and jailed more so in cases when the breach of law resulted in injury
or death of workers. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Every time that a company is
charged for such offences, the persons who are responsible for the acts/omissions
that resulted in the violation of the law reasonably must also be charged. It
is odd if just the company is charged, and not the human persons responsible. </p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Charles
Hector</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Apolinar
Z Tolentino Jr.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>For and on behalf of the following
15 groups/organisations </i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>WH4C (Workers Hub For Change)</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Building and Wood Worker's International (BWI) Asia
Pacific</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Labour Law Reform Coalition(LLRC)</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>ALIRAN</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Persatuan Sahabat Wanita Selangor</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Asociación de Trabajadoras del Hogar a Domicilio y de
Maquila–Atrahdom, Guatemala</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Black Women for Wages for Housework</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) SEA Coalition</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Haiti Action Committee</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>MADPET (Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture)</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Malaysian Physicians for Social Responsibility (Dr R S
McCoy)</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>NAMM (Network of Action for Migrants in Malaysia)</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>North South Initiative</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>The William Gomes Podcast, United Kingdom</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Women of Color/Global Women’s Strike</b></p>
<br /><br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Two Sabah firms fined for negligence over workers' death </b></span></span><br /><br /> By <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/authors?q=MUGUNTAN+VANAR">MUGUNTAN VANAR</a><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/tag/Sabah+%26+Sarawak">Sabah & Sarawak </a><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /> Friday, 08 Apr 2022 7:56 PM MYT <br /></div> <br /> <img height="303" src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2022/04/08/1544378.png" width="400" /> <br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">KOTA
KINABALU: A state-linked company and a manufacturing firm have been
fined by the Sessions Court here for neglecting safety aspects, which
resulted in the deaths of their workers. <br /><br />A representative of
state-linked SLDB Management Sdn Bhd pleaded guilty on Friday (April 8)
and was ordered to pay RM15,000 for the death of Indonesian worker Cahya
Abdullah at Ladang Bombong 1, Kampung Bombong in Kota Marudu on May 25
last year. <br /><br />The offence under Section 15(1) of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act 1994 provides for a fine of up to RM50,000 or a
jail term of up to two years, or both, upon conviction. <br /><br />Judge Elsie Primus also ordered SLDB Management to pay RM5,000 by April 14 to Cahya's next of kin. <br /><br />Cahya died after falling off a trailer mounted on a tractor which was deemed unsuitable for carrying workers. <br /><br />In
another case, judge Noor Hafizah Mohd Salim imposed a fine of RM20,000
or three months' jail against Englen Manufacturing Sdn Bhd after its
representative admitted to the charge. <br /><br />The company was accused
of failing to ensure the safety of its worker Bonnie Roger, who was
involved in a fatal accident at its premises on May 15 last year at the
Kota KInabalu Industrial Park here.<br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the charge sheet, Bonnie's death resulted from unsafe work procedure involving a welding machine. - Star, 8/4/2022<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Work towards zero workplace accidents, urges NIOSH chairman </span></b></span><br /> <br /> By <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/authors?q=RAGANANTHINI+VETHASALAM">RAGANANTHINI VETHASALAM</a> <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/">Nation </a> <br /> <br /><br /> Thursday, 28 Apr 2022 3:46 PM MYT <br /> <br /> <img height="250" src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2022/04/28/1567669.jpg" width="400" /> <br /><br />PETALING
JAYA: There should be zero accidents at workplaces, if possible, says
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) chairman
Datuk Wilson Ugak Kumbong. <br /><br />Wilson urged employers and employees to practise a safe and healthy working environment to prevent any mishaps. <br /><br />Therefore,
he urged stakeholders to work as a team and conduct activities related
to safety and health to ensure a safe work environment. <br /><br />“At least, we want zero accidents or casualties. <br /><br />“Our
goal is to reduce accidents at workplaces,” he said at the sidelines of
the Occupational Safety and Health Day celebration. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Statistics
from the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) showed
that there were 6,686 workplace accidents reported as of December 2021,
of which 174 were fatal. Another 249 victims became disabled. </b></span></span><br /><br />The
sector which contributed to the highest number of deaths during the
period was construction, where 65 casualties were reported.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />As
at the first quarter of this year, there were 1,703 such accidents
reported which claimed the lives of 48 while 54 became disabled. <br /><br />The
manufacturing sector contributed to the highest number of fatalities
coming from manufacturing and construction which reported 16 deaths
each. <br /><br />Meanwhile, Wilson also advised the public to continue to
observe standard operating procedure (SOP) to curb Covid-19, despite the
announcement on relaxations. <br /><br />“Children as young as two to three
years old have yet to be vaccinated and only those aged five and above
have been vaccinated. So if possible please observe the SOP while you
are with your family,” he said. <br /><br />“If there is a big crowd, why not use the SOP to be safe,” he said. <br /><br />Health
Minister Khairy Jamaluddin announced a slew of relaxed measures on
Wednesday (April 27). Among the measures were making MySejahtera
check-ins and wearing face masks outdoors no longer compulsory. - <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/04/28/work-towards-zero-workplace-accidents-urges-niosh-chairman" target="_blank">Star, 28/4/2022</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="legtitle" id="ctl00_CMain_lblPartTitles"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="casetitle" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder2_lblActTitle">OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1994</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="casetitle" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder2_lblActTitle"> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="legtitle" id="ctl00_CMain_lblPartTitles">52 Offences committed by body corporate</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="legtitle" id="ctl00_CMain_lblPartTitles"></span></div><span class="casecontent" id="ctl00_CMain_lblSectionText"><p>(1) Where a
body corporate contravenes any provision of this Act or any regulation
made thereunder, <span style="color: red;"><b>every person who at the time of the commission of the
offence is a director, manager, secretary or other like officer of the
body corporate shall be deemed to have contravened the provision and may
be charged jointly in the same proceedings with the body corporate or
severally, and every such director, manager, secretary or other like
officer of the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of the
offence.</b></span></p><p>(2) A <b>person may be proceeded against and convicted under
the provision of subsection (1) whether or not the corporation has been
proceeded against or has been convicted </b>under that provision.</p><p> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span class="legtitle" id="ctl00_CMain_lblPartTitles">61 Prosecutions</span></b></span></span></p><p><span class="casecontent" id="ctl00_CMain_lblSectionText"></span></p><p>Prosecutions
in respect of offences committed under this Act or any regulation made
thereunder may, <span style="color: red;"><b>with the prior written consent of the Public Prosecutor,</b></span>
be instituted and conducted by an occupational safety and health
officer or by an officer specially authorized in writing by the Director
General subject to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code.</p></span> <p><br /></p>Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-47823001199184587492021-11-07T10:00:00.003-08:002021-11-07T10:00:36.411-08:0019 Groups - 3 workers dead, charge the Directors and officers responsible, not just the Company, and if convicted, sentence them to jail - Stop protecting human decision makers/actors when workers lives are involved<p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Joint Media
Statement(19 Groups) - 8/11/2021</u></b></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3 workers dead, charge the Directors and officers responsible, not <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>just the Company, and if convicted, sentence them
to jail</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Stop protecting human decision makers/actors when workers lives are involved</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We, the undersigned </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">19 </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">groups and organization are appalled
that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NO director or officer of Zhongshi
International Sdn Bhd, a construction company, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>were charged</b> for causing the death of 3
migrant workers, and seriously injuring another.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It is absurd to simply charge a
company, which is but a mere empty vessel that operates and act in accordance
to decisions and directions of directors, officers and human owners of the
company. Companies simply pay fines (a tiny sum compared to profits or maybe
millions or billions of ringgit), and cannot be imprisoned, and the real human
wrongdoers get off scot free.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On 22/3/2021, 3 Chinese-national
workers by the name of Wu Tongzheng, Ding Kunfu and Jiang Jinbao died, and another
was seriously injured when one of the components of a launching gantry fell at
the SUKE Elevated Highway construction site near Puncak Banyan, Persiaran Alam
Damai, Cheras here on 22/3/2021.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The said company was charged under
section 15(1) Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994, which states ‘(1) It
shall be the duty of every employer and every self-employed person to ensure,
so far as is practicable, the safety, health and welfare to work of all his
employees.’, whereby the penalty is provided in section 19, which reads, ‘A
person who contravenes the provisions of section 15, 16, 17 or 18 shall be
guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not
exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
two years or to both.’</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Failure to charge human decision makers and actors wrong</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Human Directors, officers and
owners can no longer hide behind the ‘corporate veil’, as even the Occupational
Safety and Health Act 1994(OSHA 1994) provides that where the offence is
committed by a body corporate and/or company, then<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">‘…every
person who at the time of the commission of the offence is a director, manager,
secretary or other like officer of the body corporate shall be deemed to have
contravened the provision and may be charged jointly in the same proceedings
with the body corporate or severally, and every such director, manager,
secretary or other like officer of the body corporate shall be deemed to be
guilty of the offence…</b>’(Section 52).</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On 3/11/2021, the company pleaded
guilty to the charge, and was fined RM45,000 by the Sessions Court paid the
fine of RM45,000 only. The decision maker of any company is all the Directors,
if not the human owners, and now justice is not served if these human persons responsible
for the death of workers are also not made liable, and punished for their
crimes.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Since
the company has already pleaded guilty, we now demand that the directors,
manager and other officers be charged, tried and sentenced in court.</b> If
found guilty, they will be liable ‘….to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand
ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both…’
(Section 19). Justice demands an imprisonment sentence for those who failed in
their duty to ensure the safety, health and welfare of their workers, noting
that 3 died, and one was seriously injured.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Charge Directors for Culpable Homicide Not Amounting To Murder</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Assuming that there were no
intention to murder, then the perpetrator should at the least be charged for
culpable homicide not amounting to murder under the Penal Code, where ‘…if the
act is done with the knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without
any intention to cause death, or to cause such bodily injury as is likely to
cause death …’, section 304(b).</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">With regard the Construction
Industry, law and the relevant department like the Construction Industry
Development Board provide various regulations, directions and guidelines that
need to be complied with to prevent death and injury to workers. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As such, if a construction company
chose not to do the needful, maybe by a selfish reason of saving monies or
effort, then when a worker is killed as a consequence of this failure, then this
may no more be simply an accidental death or even death by negligence, but
should be culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Not doing what is needed
to ensure workers safety despite knowing that failures can possibly cause
deaths and injury is a serious offence that ought to be punished. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Penal Code provides, where
there is no intention to kill or injure, then the punishment for culpable
homicide not amounting to murder shall be imprisonment for a term which may
extend to ten years or with fine or with both. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">OSHA amendments must increase prison terms, and have a higher fine</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Zhongshi International Sdn Bhd was
fined RM45,000, as the penalty provided by law at this time for this offence is
‘…a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding two years or to both…’ Not just the fine, but also the prison term
need to be increased.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The amendment of the OSHA have not
happened since 1994. Finally, Occupational Safety and Health (Amendment) Bill
2020 tabled in November 2020, was just passed on 27/10/2021 by the House of
Representative (Dewan Rakyat). It has yet to be tabled and passed at the Senate.
The amendment will increase the maximum fine from RM50,000 to RM500,000. We
urge the government to expedite this amendment to the OSHA Act, and speedily
put it in force.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Noting that caught not wearing a
face mask during the Covid-19 pandemic provides for a maximum fine of RM50,000.
The maximum fine for occupational safety and health offences need to be much higher,
at least RM1 million, with even much higher fines and prison sentences if
injury or death is caused by the workplace incident.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We call for the provision for higher penalties in the event that a worker
is injured, and worse killed by reason of non-compliance of an occupational
safety and health law.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> In some jurisdiction, the offence of ‘<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">corporate manslaughter’</b> has been
introduced.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We also call for the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">abolition of the availability of compounds
if the offence caused injury or death to worker or others</b>.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We call for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">the directors and officers responsible in Zhongshi International Sdn
Bhd to be immediately charged</b> and tried under occupational safety and
health laws, and even for culpable homicide not amounting to murder under the
Penal Code.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We also urge <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">that the Court, after conviction, orders the convicted to pay adequate
compensation to the families/dependents of the deceased workers</b>, and also injured
workers. This should be over and above what they may receive from existing social
security or insurance schemes.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Charles Hector</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Apolinar Z. Tolentino, Jr.</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For and on behalf of the following 19 groups</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ALIRAN</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">WH4C (Workers Hub For Change)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Building and Wood Workers
International (BWI) Asia Pacific Region</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha
Mancha (MASUM)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">China Labour Bulletin(CLB), Hong
Kong</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Haiti Action Committee</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">International Black Women For Wages
For Housework</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">MADPET(Malaysians Against Death
Penalty and Torture)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Malay Forest Officers Union (MFOU)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">National Union of Transport
Equipment and Allied Industries Workers (NUTEAIW)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Network of Action for Migrants in
Malaysia(NAMM)</span></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">North South Initiative</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Odhikar, Bangladesh</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Parti Rakyat Malaysia(PRM)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Persatuan Sahabat Wanita Selangor</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sabah Timber Industry Employees
Union (STIEU)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Safety and Rights Society, Bangladesh</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Union of Forest Employees Sarawak
(UFES)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Women Of Color/Global Women’s
Strike</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span></p>
Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-72013251196490486462020-06-29T21:20:00.002-07:002020-06-29T21:20:32.829-07:00End discrimination against foreigners and migrants in Covid-19 responses<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Media Statement – 30/6/2020</span></u></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Updated</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;">End discrimination
against foreigners and migrants in Covid-19 responses</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Respect for Human
Rights includes ending racism and xenophobia</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We, the <b>41</b> undersigned groups and organizations urge Malaysia to end
discrimination and ethnophobia against migrant workers and foreigners including
in responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the beginning of May, it was
reported that all migrant/foreign workers will be required to be screened for
Covid-19, before they be allowed to return to work in all sectors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Recently, there was a report that
foreigners will not be allowed to use mosque/suraus<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.(Malay Mail, 11/6/2020)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These are practices against Human
Rights, and also that the Federal Constitution. Article 8 of the Federal
Constitution, which states, ‘(1) All persons are equal before the law and
entitled to the equal protection of the law.’ is clear that this guarantee of
equality applies to all persons, citizens or otherwise in Malaysia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Employment Act 1955 is also
against discrimination amongst workers based on nationality, whereby section
60L(1) also states<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘(1) The Director
General may inquire into any complaint from a local employee that he is being
discriminated against in relation to a foreign employee, or from a foreign
employee that he is being discriminated against in relation to a local
employee, by his employer in respect of the terms and conditions of his
employment…’. This provision clearly captures our principle against
discrimination based on nationalities of workers, and as such the Malaysian
government’s current requirement that ONLY migrant workers, and not local
workers have to be screened and tested before being allowed to return to work
is discriminatory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is no rational or
reasonableness for such requirements that discriminate a certain class of
workers, as Covid-19 does not discriminate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is also goes against the often
mentioned Malaysian policy for testing and screening in response to the
Covid-19, which has been reiterated many times by the Director General of
Health in his daily televised reports.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On 10<sup>th</sup> June, Malaysia
reportedly had a daily testing capacity of 34,951 samples (NST, 10/6/2020), and
there are over 2 million just documented migrant workers in Malaysia, and for just
all the 2 million plus to be tested, it will take about two months plus. The
reality is that so many others, not just foreigners, that have to be screened
everyday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Malaysian approach, as far as
screening and testing was concerned was before a rationale ‘targeted approach’.
Persons who could have come in contact with the infected, and those showing
positive symptoms and other high risk groups like returnees from infected
countries were the focus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Health director-general Datuk Dr
Noor Hisham Abdullah also did say that ‘…if you test everyone and then you
isolate them, that’s fine…’, but the fact of the matter, is that migrants and
everyone tested, is thereafter never isolated from the rest of the un-tested community
and there is always a risk of contact with persons who may not be Covid-19
free, which in the case of workers, will also include the other untested local
workers who work with them,‘…So that’s the next question, how often do you want
to test them?...’<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">(Malay Mail, 14/5/2020)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Malaysia’s xenophobic response to
foreigners in Malaysia, also may negatively impact Malaysia’s moral standing to
condemn similar discriminatory practices against Malaysians now in foreign
countries – hence the ability to keep Malaysians overseas safe from Covid-19 is
affected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Malaysia needs to act in
accordance to values, principles and human rights, especially in its response
to Covid-19 and its consequences. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Whilst today, the Federal
Constitution guarantees equality, Article 8(2), that imposes only on government
and public authorities specified anti-discrimination obligations seem to not impose
the same obligations on the private sector and other employers. In short,
others including private sector employers, may still discriminate workers
and/or people simply ‘…on the ground only of religion, race, descent, place of
birth or gender…’. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Calls for laws to impose these
anti-discrimination obligations on all, including private sector employers have
gone unheeded for far too long. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Therefore, we call on<br /> <br /> <span style="color: blue;"><b>-
Malaysia to end all xenophobic and/or discriminatory policies and
practices against migrant workers and foreigners in its responses to
Covid-19 pandemic; <br /><br />- Malaysia to amend laws and/or the
Federal Constitution to extend the obligation to specifically not
discriminate ‘…on the ground only of religion, race, descent, place of
birth or gender…’ to all, including private sector employers; <br /><br />-
Malaysia to provide needed basic assistance to cope with the
loss of income or employment to all persons affected by the Covid-19,
including migrant workers, foreigners and the self-employed. </b></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Charles Hector</span></i></b></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Adrian Pereira</span></i></b></span></div>
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</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For and on behalf the 41 listed below</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ALIRAN</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">WH4C (Workers Hub For Change)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">North South Initiative (NSI)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tenaganita</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">SUARAM</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">People's Service Organization (PSO), Malaysia</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia (SABM)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MADPET (Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">NAMM (Network of Action for Migrants in Malaysia)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (NUFAM)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Parti Sosialis Malaysia(PSM)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Penang Stop Human Trafficking Campaign</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Gagasan Insan Progresif</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Timber Industry Employees Union of Sarawak</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sabah Timber Industry Employees Union(STIEU)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Labour Behind the Label</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">International Black Women for Wages for Housework</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
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PETALING
JAYA: The online registration of illegal foreign workers, which begins
today, will require <span style="color: red;"><b>employers to pay RM1,200 as registration and
administrative charges for each worker.</b></span></div>
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The cost does not include <span style="color: red;"><b>fines for immigration offences, levy, visa, processing fee and foreign worker work permits.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>In total, employers will pay between RM1,395 and RM3,485 for each worker.</b></span> </div>
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Department director-general Datuk Sakib Kusmi said the charges were <span style="color: red;"><b>
RM800 for registration and RM400 (administrative).</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>“These charges are not imposed by the Immigration Department but were set by vendors </b></span>that had been selected,” he told <em>mStar Online</em>.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Two
firms have been selected to handle applications for workers from
Indonesia and Myanmar respectively </b></span>while a consortium of <span style="color: red;"><b>three companies
has been tasked to process applications involving other countries.</b></span></div>
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According
to a department circular, the RM400 charge will only be imposed after
the application of the foreign worker is successful and will be used by
the vendors to cover the cost of getting the levy, visa and permit.</div>
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The department will impose other charges separately for matters like the levy.</div>
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The
Government has recently announced new levy rates – RM1,500 for those in
the plantation and agriculture sectors; and RM2,500 in manufacturing,
construction and service.</div>
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Levy for domestic workers remained at RM410.</div>
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But the implementation of these rates have been deferred until Feb 20 for the Government to seek feedback from industry players.</div>
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Immigration Department would also impose <span style="color: red;"><b>charges for visa, which varies
among the countries, permits (RM60) and a RM125 processing fee.</b></span></div>
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On
Saturday night, the Home Ministry issued a statement to explain that
the Illegal Immigrant Rehiring programme, which ends on Dec 31, was to
give an opportunity for those working illegally to get valid permits and
for employers to meet labour demands.</div>
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Strict conditions will be imposed on both workers and employers.</div>
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“Those who don’t qualify will be deported to reduce the number of illegal workers in the country,” the statement said. </div>
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The ministry said the rehiring programme was aimed at meeting the labour demand in various sectors.</div>
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It
will also allow the authorities to determine the actual number of
illegal workers in Malaysia, currently estimated at two million.</div>
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“The effectiveness of the programme will be evaluated in the first three months and improvements will be made.”</div>
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The ministry warned of stern action against employers who continued to hire illegal foreign workers after Dec 31.</div>
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Workers
must have originally entered the country legally, must be employed and
must not have a criminal record to qualify for the rehiring programme.</div>
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It does not cover workers from non-permitted sectors or those frozen by the Government.</div>
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The online application can be made on rehiring.imi.gov.my.</div>
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Employers can also call 03 - 8880 1555. - <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/02/15/rehiring-costs-rm1200/">Star, 15/2/2016</a></div>
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PETALING
JAYA: Companies chosen to carry out the latest amnesty for illegal
foreign workers admit the programme is off to a slow start.<br />
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But
they expect numbers to pick up in the months ahead of the Dec 31
deadline, despite criticisms of the costly RM1,200 administrative fee to
register each worker.<br />
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To date, 2,500 employers have registered to
legalise 5,922 Indonesians with<span style="color: red;"><b> International Marketing and Net
Resources Sdn Bhd (Iman)</b></span>, which is <span style="color: red;"><b>mandated by the Government to handle
amnesty for Indonesians.</b></span><br />
<br />
Ezreeq Mohd Nor, Iman marketing and
Communications manager, said they had targeted to register between
500,000 and one million Indonesians working illegally.<br />
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He said registrations were slow when the <b><span style="color: red;">Rehiring and
Relocation Programme started on Feb 15</span></b> and attributed this to poor
publicity.<br />
<br />
“There’s hasn’t been a huge campaign but numbers are
increasing this week,” he said when met at Iman’s headquarters in Wangsa
Maju.<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Bukti Megah Sdn Bhd,</b></span> which runs the one-stop centre <b><span style="color: red;">to
legalise workers from Myanmar</span></b>, has so far<br />
received 232 applications from
138 companies. <br />
<br />
The Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) said
many employers and foreign workers had bitter experiences of being
cheated by agents under the previous 6P programme (2011 to 2014) and
were not confident with the latest amnesty initiative.<br />
<br />
Secretary-general
N. Gopal Kishnam said the Government should drop the RM1,200 fee which
is imposed in addition to a levy for each worker.<br />
<br />
Gopal said there
was an estimated four million undocumented workers in Malaysia and the
process of legalising and repatriating them should not be driven by
profits by private companies.<br />
<br />
“The Government should make the process less expensive. The levy imposed by the Government should be sufficient,” he said.<br />
<br />
Ezreeq
said to date no employers had complained about the RM1,200 registration
fee and said unlike 6P, no agents were used by his company. <br />
<br />
“Employers and workers can be assured they will not be cheated,” he said.<br />
<br />
MyEG,
which is among a consortium of three companies tasked with registering
illegal workers from other countries, argued the RM1,200 was justified. <br />
<br />
A
spokesman for the company said the charges were not only for online
registration of employers and workers but other management services.<br />
<br />
These
include the verification of the data provided, biometric and photos of
both employer and worker, liaising with local authorities and embassies,
medical checks and issuance of various documents.<br />
<br />
She said the
fee was also inclusive of “monitoring if foreign workers turn rogue
again since they already have a previous record of being an illegal” and
deporting those who don’t qualify for amnesty.<br />
<br />
MyEG also provides
a dedicated mobile SIM card, which is activated for one year, with
unlimited free messaging to their hotline for each foreigner registered.<br />
<br />
She
said there was also a call centre manned by foreigners of various
nationalities to manage worker issues, including unpaid wages and abuse. - <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/02/26/slow-start-for-amnesty-drive/">Star, 26/2/2016</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Immoral for Malaysia to take from
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">87</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> undersigned civil society organisations, trade unions and
groups are shocked by the news that the Malaysian government is increasing the
migrant worker (foreign worker) levy to more than double the current rate,
which since January 2013, had to be paid by the migrant workers
themselves. Prior to that, it was paid by the employer of migrant workers,
whereby the introduction of the levy then was to deter employers employing
migrant workers, rather than local Malaysian workers. This was also stated by
the then Malaysian Labour Director-General Datuk Ismail Abdul Rahim who was
quoted saying that,<b> <i>“…The rationale behind getting employers to bear the
levy was to discourage them from employing foreigners…”</i> </b> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Star,
16/4/2009]</span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Migrant
Worker Levy Rates Drastically Increased as of 1/2/2016</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Malaysian government recently
announced that, as of 1/2/2016, annual levy payable for each migrant worker is
increased to RM2,500 (manufacturing, construction and service sectors) and
RM1,500 (plantation and agriculture). </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Before
this, the annual levy payable for a Migrant Worker in the Manufacturing
sector (RM1,250), Construction sector (RM 1,250), Plantation sector (RM590),
Agricultural sector (RM410) and Services sector (RM1,250 – RM1,850) <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">which</span> was so much lower<i>.</i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This
new rates in comparison greatly burden the migrant worker in that the annual
levy payable per migrant worker will now be doubled, or even tripled. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For
example, a migrant worker in an electronic factory, classified under the
manufacturing sector, who paid a levy of RM1,250 before, will now have to pay
double, RM2,500. A worker earning a monthly minimum wage of RM900, which is the
wage many migrants are paid, will now have to pay more than RM200 for levy,
leaving them with only less than RM700 as their monthly wage, not taking into
account all other wage deductions. This is most unjust.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It
is unconscionable for the Malaysian government to target migrant workers in the
hope of making extra income of RM2.5 billion for the country from the 2.1
million documented migrant workers in Malaysia to rescue Malaysia from its
current financial woes. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Easily
Exploited With Almost No Access to Justice Makes Migrant
Workers Vulnerable to Employers</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When Malaysia,
introduced Minimum Wage, employers and employer groups complained that their
labour cost had gone up, and they could not afford it. In response, the
Malaysian government decided that employers no longer need to pay the migrant
worker levy, thus the obligation to pay the levy fell on migrant workers
themselves.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Contract substitution
remains a problem. Migrant workers agree to come to work in Malaysia, but when
they start working, the migrant workers complain that they are now paid lower
than what they had agreed to in their country of origin with the employer
and/or his agent. Many employers have also used the Minimum Wage of RM900, as
the standard wages they pay migrant workers. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Because of the debt
incurred by migrant workers in coming to Malaysia to work, which is about
RM5,000 and the practice of employers and/or agents holding on to their
passports and work permits, migrant workers find themselves in a form of bonded
labour, and not able to do anything else but just survive. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With the very low
wages, they receive; many are forced into doing overtime sometimes 4 hours per
day, working on rest days and even public holidays to make ends meet. Malaysian
law stipulates a draconian overtime limit of 104 hours every month. This means,
in effect migrant workers can be forced to work for 12 hours a day because in
many workplaces doing overtime is no longer an option that workers can refuse.
As such, migrant workers and even local workers can be considered to be engaged
in some form of ‘forced labour’.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For migrant workers,
access to justice remains a myth for many. When they complain about rights
violations, what happens in many cases is that they are terminated, and their
permit to work and/or remain in Malaysia is also terminated. This causes
migrant workers to be easily controlled and exploited cheaply. They do not even
have the option to claim justice.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Employers
Contribute Less to Migrant Workers Income</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Under the Malaysian law, employers
are required to contribute 13% of the monthly income, inclusive of overtime
earnings, to the Employees Provident Fund, this requirement is not applicable
to the migrant workers. This makes migrant workers cheaper.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Further, since many
employers do not take in migrant workers directly as their own employees, but
take and use them as workers who are supplied by the labour suppliers - legally
known as the contractors for labour - it effectively prevents these supplied
migrant workers the right to join in-house trade unions. Even if they do join
national/regional unions, they simply will not be able to enjoy the extra
rights and benefits that come by reason of a Collective Bargaining Agreement
between Union and Employer, simply by reason that they are not recognised as
employees. Calls for the abolition of the ‘contractor for labour system’ by
trade unions and civil society have gone unheeded by the government. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Malaysia recognizes
that households earning less than RM4,000 a month requires financial
assistance, and local workers do get a small assistance from the government
through the BR1M program – but migrant workers are excluded from this benefit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Weakening
Ringgit Causes Migrants to earn 20-40% less</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Whilst, the financial
problems Malaysia is facing, coupled with the increased cost of living - new
taxes, increased transportation costs, and the weakening of the Malaysian
Ringgit in relation to currency of the country of origins of migrants – it is
the migrant worker who suffers the most. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The weakening ringgit
also means that the money migrant workers send back home to their families is
now much less and this has a serious impact on their families/dependents and the
ability to settle their debts back home. It was recently reported, that <b><span style="color: blue;"><i>"For
instance, employees from Bangladesh used to make 44 taka for every RM1, but now
it is about 17 taka. The drop is very drastic, more than 40%."Even the
ringgit to the Indonesian rupiah has seen a drop in value by 20%,"</i></span></b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Malaysian Insider, 5/2/2016)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Unjust to
impose New Financial Obligations On</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
<b>Migrant Workers Already In Malaysia</b></span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It is totally unjust
for Malaysia to impose new financial obligations by law on migrant workers,
which did not exist when they agreed with their employers to come and work in
Malaysia for 3-5 years. Any new obligations especially of payment by migrant
workers should only apply to new migrant workers who have yet to agree to come
to Malaysia to work – certainly not to those who are already here and working.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Malaysian Trade Union
Congress(MTUC) and employer groups have been informed that employers will now
have to pay migrant worker levy. This was also mentioned in a media
report, which stated, ‘<i>The FMM[Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers] said <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>the government recently informed
employers that the levy burden would be shifted back to them</u></b><u>.</u> (Star,
2/2/2016). </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">However, employer
groups have started a campaign lobbying the Malaysian government to
re-consider, and the Malaysian government has been reported as saying that they
may re-consider. There is concern that this re-consideration may not just
be about the amount of levy payable, but also the question as to who will have
to pay the levy – migrant workers or their employer?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Therefore,
we the undersigned </span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Call on the Malaysian government in
the name of justice, to ensure that it must be the employers of migrant workers
that should be paying this Migrant Worker levy – not the migrant workers;</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Call on the Malaysian government to
also reconsider the increase of the levy rate, at this time whilst Malaysia,
and especially small Malaysian businesses, are affected by the economic crisis
and the effect of the falling Malaysian ringgit. </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Call on the Malaysian government to
increase the Minimum Wage of all workers in Malaysia to RM1,200 – RM1,500, to
compensate for the increased cost of living in Malaysia, and the falling value
of the Malaysian ringgit with<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>reference
to the currency in migrant worker’s countries of origin. </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Call on the Malaysian government to
abolish the ‘contractor for labour’ system, and ensure that all workers that
are working in a workplace are all recognised employees of the said workplace,
and are treated equally as workers.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Charles Hector</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Mohd Roszeli bin Majid</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Pranom Somwong</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">For and on behalf
of the 87 organisations, trade unions and groups listed below </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">ALIRAN</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Alternative
ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Asia
Monitor Resource Centre(<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">AMRC</span>)</span></div>
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</span><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Asia
Floor Wage Alliance</span></div>
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</span><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Asia Pacific
Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Association
of Human Rights Defenders and Promoters- Myanmar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Asociación de trabajadoras del Hogar a
Domicilio y de Maquila, ATRAHDOM, Guatemala, Centro Amercia. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bangladesh
Groep Nederland (Bangladesh Group The Netherlands)</span></div>
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</span><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bangladesh
Institute of Labour Studies- BILS</span></div>
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</span><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">BLAST,
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bangladesh</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Boat
People SOS (BPSOS)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Building
and Wood Workers International (BWI) Asia Pacific Region</span></div>
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</span><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Campagna
Abiti Puliti – Italy</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">CARAM
Asia</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Clean
Clothes Campaign International Office(CCC)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Club
Employees <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Union</span> Peninsular
Malaysia(CEUPM)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Online application, approved in 48 hours? Well, there is of course the question as to whether it is Zahid Hamidi's brother's company that have been awarded the contract to run this online management system?</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The other worry is that how will the government evaluate and approve so fast...and who really are the 'employers', does it also include the 'contractor for labour'? 'Contractor for labour' do not have businesses and work that require workers - but rather are 'manpower suppliers' to the employers that need workers, who continue earning monies even after the worker starts working in the workplaces that require these workers. This 'third party' should be eliminated - and direct employer-employee relationship should be restored with the workplace owner/operator and the workers that work for him.</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The previous system was better, and it also protected local workers, and was best for employers...</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 - Employer intending to employ migrant workers have to first prove that they have made every possible effort to employ local workers - and this effort had failed, giving them no choice but to resort to employing migrant workers.</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2 - In this application, employers would have to specifically state the migrant workers they require - eg. welders, cooks, harvesters, etc.. and they also must indicate that the need is for 3-5 years. </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3 - Employers then will usually go to the country of origin, conduct interviews and skills assessment of the applicants, and thereafter make an offer of employment to the said migrant worker. Of course, wages offered will differ...(When only a standard wage is offered to all workers, this will be most suspicious...)</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4 - Thereafter, the employer will supply the authorities with the names of the migrant workers, the job that they will be doing, and also the employment agreement. The government authority will then provide the approval required.</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5 - Then the migrant worker is brought to Malaysia - and will the employee of the said employer. There is certainty for both worker and employer - and this was good.</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now, how does Zahid Hamidi think that this process will be done in 48 hours? </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Will there be a change in 'requirements'? Will not employers simply have to state how many workers, and the the said numbers be supplied to the said employer? </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This system is not a good system - Employers do not want just the required number of workers > they want suitable employees with the required skills, capacity and experience. </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let employment matters be between employer and their workers - without the interference of third parties like contractors for labour, labour suppliers or recruitment companies. Let it be between employer and worker, and if the employer wants to use third parties as agents, so be it - but the law will still see that party as employer's agents - and employers shall be in law liable for all actions and omissions of their agents...</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The problem that some employers are facing is that they cannot go chose and employ the workers they want - and be the direct employer of these workers...</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When they go to the government for permission to employ their own employers, it is alleged that there is a lot more delay and obstacles... Employers are 'deterred' from making their own application - and are wrongly directed to 'deal with labour suppliers and/or contractor for labour' who the government has given permission to bring in hundreds(even thousands) of migrants...</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Employers were bound with defined term employment agreements which really should be for 3-5 years at least - so they will not 'simply' bring workers in. They would want to interview, determine skills and capacity, and choose their own workers - for which they are willing to be responsible for the duration of the contract period. So, why don't the Malaysian government allow this to happen - instead of creating new, and sometimes unnecessary 'third parties' into the process... </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Laws could simply be enacted ensuring that employers are liable for all expenses in the recruiting process..</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><strong>PUTRAJAYA</strong>: Soon,
applications for foreign workers will not involve agents, but the
employers must submit their applications online, says Deputy Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.<br /><br /> He said the online
management system of foreign workers would be introduced soon to reduce
the time needed to bring them into the country.<br /><br /> Ahmad Zahid, who
is also home minister, said the conventional application where the
employers were required to go to the ministry's One-Stop Approval Centre
took between three and six months.<br /><br /> "However, the online
applications will be approved within 48 hours after the application
meets the conditions set by the ministry. We have carried out trials and
found the system to be more effective.<br /><br /> "The single-window
synchronisation system was created so that there is no overlapping and
cross-communication between the ministries," he said.<br /><br /> Ahmad
Zahid said this after chairing the first Cabinet Committee Meeting on
Foreign Workers and Illegal Immigrants, following his appointment as
deputy prime minister in the Cabinet reshuffle on July 28.<br /><br /> Asked
if the process would be monitored by the home ministry, he said:
"Employers will fill up the online forms and the government will look
into how many foreign workers are needed.<br /><br /> "After that, the
ministry concerned will liaise with the source country which has the
list of registered workers to provide the number of workers requested,
as well as several pre-conditions such as data and the foreign worker's
biometrics which must be complied with, before the delivery process is
undertaken."<br /><br /> On agents who were registered with the ministry,
Ahmad Zahid said once the online application system was introduced, the
employers would cut their costs as the government provided this service
free of charge.<br /><br /> Besides online applications, Ahmad Zahid said
the two-hour meeting also decided on two other matters relating to
foreign workers - to meet the needs of the industry and boost national
economic growth.<br /><br /> He said employers would now be required to
provide the foreign workers with accommodation based on minimum
standards set by the government.<br /><br /> He added that the provision of
accommodation by the employers would be made a pre-condition for the
approval of applications by employers who intended to bring in foreign
workers.<br /><br /> "Centralised housing will be provided with basic
amenities like dining area, toilets, prayer centres for different
religions for humanitarian reasons, as well as to reduce the risk of
social problems and crime."<br /><br /> The deputy prime minister said a
pilot housing project had been carried out in Pengerang, Johor to
accommodate 10,000 foreign workers in one housing area.<br /><br /> However,
he stressed that priority and social safety nets would be given to
local workers to be trained as professional and semi-professional
employees in certain sectors.<br /><br /> "This is because foreign workers
are only performing jobs which the locals are not interested in, as they
are deemed as dirty, dangerous and difficult work," he said.<br /><br />
Ahmad Zahid added the meeting also decided that employers observed the
principle of strict liability in their intake for foreign workers to
ensure they were fully accountable for workers in their employ."Accountability begins at the application stage, to salaries and until the foreign worker is returned to his country of origin.<br /><br />
"The employer must also be accountable if the return to the country of
origin exceeds the duration (of stay) and if the foreign worker moves to
another employer," he said.<br /><br /> He said employers who did not fulfill the conditions would face a penalty, subject to the offence committed.<br /><br />
Meanwhile, Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot, who also
attended the meeting said the centralised housing provided for foreign
workers must comply with the condition of 4.5-square-metre rooms and a
toilet for every five foreign workers</span>. - <a href="http://english.astroawani.com/malaysia-news/employers-must-submit-online-applications-foreign-workers-zahid-hamidi-70405">Astro Awani, 19/8/2015</a></div>
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Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-85236216758630685922015-08-19T00:20:00.002-07:002015-08-19T00:20:34.067-07:00MAS Act unjust to workers and trade unions<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Malaysiakini</b><i><b> </b>- <a href="https://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/309073">https://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/309073</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>By Four individuals on behalf of 66 groups </i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">MAS Act unjust to workers and trade unions</span></b><br />
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We, the undersigned 66 civil
society organisations, trade unions and concerned groups, are disturbed
by the Malaysian government’s unjust use of an Act of Parliament to
suspend and/or deny existing worker rights in law, including also access
to justice mechanisms, for the benefit of a private business and
employer, being the Malaysian Airlines System Berhad (MAS Bhd), now a
wholly-owned private company by Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional Berhad.</div>
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Malaysia
tabled and passed speedily the Malaysian Airline System Berhad
(Administration) Act 2015 [Act 765], which came into force on 20/2/2015.
This Act is most unjust to workers and trade unions of employees of the
airline.</div>
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The Act, in section 11, states that “...on the
appointment of the Administrator, a moratorium shall take effect during
which... (e) no proceedings and no execution or other legal process in
any court or tribunal may be commenced or continued with, and no
distress may be levied, against the Administered Companies or their
property except with the prior written consent of the Administrator;” -
whereby the Administered company includes MAS Bhd, its wholly owned
subsidiaries and some partially owned subsidiaries. The Administrator
was appointed on or about 25/5/2015, and the period of administration
could last for a maximum period of two years commencing from the date of
the appointment of the Administrator.</div>
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What is disturbing is that
when administration and moratorium ends, all monies, assets and business
of MAS Bhd would most likely be transferred to a new legal entity
Malaysian Airline Berhad(MAB). MAS Bhd would most likely be left an
empty shell.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="subtitle">Rights cases against MAS Bhd stopped</span></b></span></div>
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There
are currently many cases initiated and filed, now pending before access
to justice mechanisms, including tribunals and courts between workers
and MAS Bhd, the employer, claiming wrongful dismissal and/or other
worker rights, or between trade unions and MAS Bhd. The effect of the
moratorium is that all these actions and cases will stop, and not
proceed further until administration of MAS Bhd ends.</div>
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At the end,
when moratorium is lifted, MAS Bhd would most likely be an empty shell -
with no work and no money. Hence, it will be workers and trade unions
that will suffer. Workers and trade unions do not just lose their right
to justice, but also will have to shoulder additional loses, including
all the monies utilised for lawyer and court fees, time and others.</div>
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For
many workers, it may also mean loss of wages for the days they could
not work because they had to attend at relevant departments, tribunal or
court in their pursuit for justice. Hence, not only will workers and
trade unions be denied justice, but will suffer even more injustice by
reason of this anti-worker legislation.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="subtitle">Right to join parties to satisfy worker claims denied</span></b></span></div>
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Normally,
when the employer has lost the ability to provide remedies, damages or
compensation to satisfy the claims of the worker, to ensure justice, the
worker can proceed with an application to join third parties to the
suit, possibly the owners (Khazanah Nasional) or others.</div>
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This MAS
Act now unjustly prevents this ability to join parties, in amongst
others, in section 25(2), which states that “ The Malaysia Airlines
Berhad, the appointer and the Administrator shall not be named as a
party in any claim or application made or joined as a party in any
proceeding commenced or continued by or on behalf of any employees or
former employees of the Administered Companies pursuant to the
Industrial Relations Act 1967 [Act 177], Employment Act 1955 [Act 265],
Sabah Labour Ordinance 1950 [Sabah Cap. 67], Sarawak Labour Ordinance
1952 [Sarawak Cap. 76] or the Trade Unions Act 1959 [Act 262].’</div>
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In
fact, section 25(1) says clearly, amongst others, that ‘...the
Administered Companies, the Administrator, appointer or the Malaysia
Airlines Berhad shall not - (a) be regarded as the successor, assignee
or transferee or a successor employer to the Administered Companies; (b)
be liable for any obligation relating to any retirement plan or other
post-employment benefit plans in respect of the employees or former
employees of the Administered Companies or any predecessor of the
Administered Companies that exists prior to the assumption of control or
appointment; or (c) be liable for any sum which is calculated by
reference to a period of time prior to the Malaysia Airlines Berhad
becoming the employer of the person in question…’</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="subtitle">Same owner of both MAS Bhd and new Malaysian Airline Berhad (MAB)</span></b></span></div>
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Considering
that the it is Khazanah Nasional that is the sole owner of MAS Bhd, and
also the new company MAB, clearly all that is happening is really
nothing other than the ‘same person changing shirts’ - and justice would
demand that the new entity MAB or the owner, Khazanah, should be justly
taking over the obligation and responsibility of MAS Bhd especially for
cases involving worker and trade union rights.</div>
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The new MAB and
MAS Bhd, both owned by Khazanah, really is nothing other that the same
owner </div>
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forming a new company to escape responsibility and liability to
workers, is also supported by the following:-</div>
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<li>
Christoph Mueller, the new chief executive of MAS Bhd, was appointed on
1/5/2015, would later assume the same position with MAB. Same CEO for
MAS Bhd, and new MAB?</li>
<li>
When the employees of MAS Bhd received their termination letters in
early June 2015, those that were offered employment by the new MAB, were
offered a different termination package from those not offered
employment in MAB. Those offered employment in MAB, which was to take
effect from 1/9/2015, were asked to continue coming in to work in MAS
Bhd, while the others, about 6,000, were asked to stop coming in to work
with the assurance they will continue to receive normal salary but
could not commence employment with another employer before Aug 31, 2015
unless they first get approval of MAS Bhd’s Human Resource Department.
For many airline employees, other than basic wages, income from
allowances and such if they are working makes up sometimes 50 percent or
more of their monthly take home income. Rightly, all employees of MAS
Bhd, irrespective of whether they will be later employed in MAB, should
have received the same benefits and ex-gratia on termination by MAS Bhd.</li>
</ul>
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In the name of justice, MAB or Khazanah or the Malaysian government
should really take over the obligation of any or all claims of employees
and trade unions against MAS Bhd. </div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="subtitle">Avoiding just principles of lay-off and termination</span></span></b></div>
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When
an employer wants to reduce staff, they would justly retrench the
number of workers they no longer need - and there are just requirements
that need to be complied in any retrenchment exercise like the ‘Last In
First Out’(LIFO) principle. Here, this is avoided by MAS Bhd simply
terminating all employees on Aug 31, 2015. Justly, the about 6,000 who
were no longer required to come into work since June, should have been
laid off then and there and paid all their entitlements.</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="subtitle">Union busting?</span></span></b></div>
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With
the termination of all employees of Malaysia Airlines Systems Bhd (MAS
Bhd), it would also mean the demise of about seven in-house trade
unions.</div>
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The only national trade union, the National Union of
Flight Attendants Malaysia (Nufam), managed to show support of 62.73
percent of the qualified employees, and obtain the minister’s order that
made it a recognised union in MAS Bhd. Rather than accept this, MAS
Bhd went for judicial review challenging the minister’s decision.</div>
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Nufam
alleges that only two out 10 executive committee members of the union,
who are employees in MAS Bhd have been offered employment in the new
MAB.</div>
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As such, this ‘restructuring exercise of the airline’ and this new law can also be considered a means of union busting.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="subtitle">Loss of regular employment until retirement</span></b></span></div>
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Many
workers who are regular employees until retirement in MAS Bhd, who have
been offered employment in the new MAB find that they will now become
precarious employees on short-term contracts, some even on three or six
months employment contracts. There is no law in Malaysia that stipulates
that short-term contract employees will continue as employees if the
work they were hired to do still exist.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
Short-term and other
precarious forms of employment also would likely deter union formation
or involvement, deter workers from claiming rights and facilitate easier
exploitation of workers.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="subtitle">Ignoring workers’ and families’ financial security and well-being</span></b></span></div>
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Workers
in Malaysia have families and dependents, and also many now have
monthly loan-repayment obligations, and justly they should be provided
secure regular employment until retirement, whereby they still could be
terminated for misconducts, or laid off where the employers has to
reduce jobs.</div>
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Whilst Malaysia says that it is concerned about the
airline business, it has demonstrated a serious lack of concern for the
welfare and well-being of workers.</div>
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We therefore urge:</div>
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That
the said Malaysian Airline System Berhad( Administration) Act 2015 be
repealed, and the effect this Act has had on workers and trade unions be
reversed. No law should be enacted to suspend/deny worker rights for
selected employers;</div>
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That all pending cases with regard to labour
matters, be it with workers or unions, shall be justly resolved or
settled forthwith by MAS Bhd, and its owners Khazanah Nasional;</div>
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That
for all worker and trade union cases against MAS Bhd, MAB and Khazanah
Nasional shall agree to be joined in as parties and assume obligations
of MAS Bhd to workers;</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
That if the Malaysian Airlines is desirous
of reducing the number of employees, it be done by letting go employees
in compliance with the Last In First Out (LIFO) principle and other
established just legal principles;</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
That if the Malaysian Airlines
is to be taken over by another entity, like the Malaysian Airlines
Berhad (MAB), workers should be employed by MAB as secure regular
employees and not by means of precarious forms of employment like
short-term contracts;</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
That Malaysia considers the rights, welfare
and wellbeing of workers and their families are just as important, if
not more, than the wellbeing and profits of government-owned or linked
businesses. </div>
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<i>Charles Hector</i><br />
<i>Syed Shahir Syed Mohamud</i><br />
<i>Mohd Roszeli Majid</i><br />
<i>Pranom Somwong</i><br />
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For and on behalf the 66 organisations, trade unions and groups listed below<br />
Aliran<br />
Airlines Workers’ Union Sarawak<br />
Alternative Asean Network on Burma (Altsean-Burma)<br />
Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC), Hong Kong<br />
Centro de Reflexión y Acción Laboral, Cereal (Labour Studies and Action Centre), México<br />
Centre for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC), Malaysia<br />
Clean Clothes Campaign<br />
Club Employees Union Peninsular Malaysia<br />
Committee for Asian Women<br />
CWI Malaysia (Committee For Workers’ International, Malaysia)<br />
Daeduck Employees Union-Ind., CEPZ, Rosario, Cavite, Philippines<br />
Eagle Ridge Golf Course and Residential Estate Employees Union, Cavite, Philippines<br />
Electronic Industry Employees Union (EIEU) Southern Region, Peninsular Malaysia<br />
Electronic Industry Employees Union (EIEU) Northern Region, Peninsular Malaysia<br />
Garment and Allied Workers Union, Haryana, India<br />
Globalization Monitor<br />
Hye Sung Workers Union, CEPZ, Rosario, Cavite, Philippines<br />
Institut Perempuan (Indonesia)<br />
Jaringan Kampung Orang Asli Semenanjung Malaysia (JKOASM)<br />
Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Perodua<br />
Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Mitsui Copper Foil (MCFEU)<br />
Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja MHS Aviation Berhad (MHSEU)<br />
Kesatuan Eksekutif Airod<br />
Kesatuan Pekerja-pekerja Perodua Engine Manufacturing Sdn Bhd<br />
Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Sdn Bhd (KPP Proton)<br />
Knights For Peace, International<br />
Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture (Madpet)<br />
Network of Action for Migrants in Malaysia (NAMM)<br />
Nagkakaisang Manggagawa ng Keyrin (trade union), CEPZ, Rosario, Cavite, Philippines<br />
North South Initiative<br />
Malaysian Humanist and Rationalist Movement (‘myHARAM’)<br />
Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC)<br />
Metal Industry Employees’ Union (MIEU), Malaysia<br />
MAP Foundation, Chiangmai, Thailand<br />
Masyarakat Akar Rumput (Makar Indonesia)<br />
Migrante International<br />
Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organization Malaysia (MERHROM)<br />
National Union of Transport Equipment & Allied Industries Workers (NUTEAIW)<br />
National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (Nufam)<br />
National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW)<br />
National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Cawangan Utusan Melayu<br />
National Union of Tobacco Industry Workers (NUTIW)<br />
National Union Employees in Companies Manufacturing Rubber Products (NUECMRP)<br />
Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacturing Employees Union (NMMPMEU)<br />
National Union of Banking Employees (NUBE)<br />
Paper Products Manufacturing Employees’ Union of Malaysia (PPMEU)<br />
Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM)<br />
Peoples Service Organization (PSO)<br />
Perak Women for Women Society (PWW)<br />
Persatuan Masyarakat Selangor & Wilayah Persekutuan (Permas)<br />
Persatuan Sahabat Wanita Selangor<br />
Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor<br />
Persatuan Komuniti Prihatin Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur<br />
PINAY (Filipino Women's Organization in Quebec), Canada<br />
Pusat Komas<br />
Railwaymen’s Union of Malaysia (RUM)<br />
Sahabat Rakyat<br />
School of Acting Justly, Loving Tenderly and Treading humbly (SALT)<br />
Solidarity of Cavite Workers, Cavite, Philippines<br />
Tenaga National Berhad Junior Officers Union (TNBJOU)<br />
Tenaganita<br />
Workers Assistance Center, Inc (WAC)<br />
WH4C (Workers Hub For Change)<br />
Yayasan Lintas Nusa Batam - Indonesia<br />
Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Airod Sdn Bhd<br />
Society for the Promotion of Human Rights, Malaysia (Proham)</div>
Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-50583957565079808212015-07-30T23:05:00.002-07:002015-07-30T23:05:30.026-07:00Palm-Oil Migrant Workers Tell of Abuses on Malaysian Plantations (WSJ, 20/7/2015)<h1 class="wsj-article-headline" itemprop="headline" style="text-align: justify;">
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Global palm-oil industry contributes to human trafficking, rights advocates say</h2>
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JEMPOL, Malaysia—On a sun-scorched hillside, bulldozers clear land
to plant more of the trees that yield palm oil, which is used in
everything from Oreos to Pop-Tarts to Old Spice deodorant. Demand for
palm oil has surged in recent years, making it the most-consumed
vegetable oil in the world.</div>
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Nearby, an army of migrant workers
toils in the heat, using long poles with attached sickles to saw off
fruit bunches high in the trees, then hoisting the heavy clumps of fruit
onto trucks headed to mills that extract oil.</div>
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Among the workers is Mohammad Rubel,
22 years old, who said he has been doing this seven days a week,
without receiving any pay, since he arrived from Bangladesh in December
under the auspices of human smugglers.</div>
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To get here, Mr. Rubel
said, he endured three weeks in a crowded boat with inadequate food and
water, followed by more weeks confined in a jungle camp while guards
extorted a ransom from his parents back home. He said he saw dozens of
fellow illegal migrants die from exhaustion, disease or beatings.</div>
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“If I had known what was waiting, I would never have left home,” Mr. Rubel said.</div>
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Global
attention has focused this year on South Asian refugees such as him,
primarily Bangladeshis and stateless Rohingya Muslims fleeing
persecution in Myanmar. Their ordeal, which has drawn comparisons to
that of refugees trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, reached
new levels of concern this spring when Malaysian and Thai police found
nearly 150 bodies of people thought to have died in human traffickers’
camps.</div>
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Now, some human-rights advocates say the $30 billion
global palm-oil industry, which has boomed with demand from the U.S. and
China, is part of the problem. Many of the undocumented migrants end up
in Malaysia, which exports nearly $12 billion of palm oil a year,
around 40% of the world’s supply, and has a growing need for unskilled
workers. The Arakan Project, a nonprofit that studies migration through
the Bay of Bengal, estimates nearly 50,000 people have boarded boats for
the perilous journey to Malaysia in the past two years, many dying on
the way.</div>
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“There is a huge demand for labor in sectors such as plantations and construction” in Malaysia, said Alfred Vengadasalam, a Malaysian lawyer who specializes in labor issues. “These are also the sectors where abuses are most common.”</div>
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The
U.S. Department of Labor in December cited Malaysian palm oil as an
industry where forced labor occurs. The State Department, in its annual
Trafficking in Persons Report for last year, placed Malaysia at the
lowest rank, Tier 3, for alleged insufficient efforts to stop human
trafficking.</div>
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The U.S. can’t sign a free-trade pact with a Tier 3 country, under
U.S. “fast-track” legislation smoothing the way for the proposed
Trans-Pacific Partnership. As a result, there now is pressure to upgrade
Malaysia to Tier 2. This year’s State Department human-trafficking
report, delayed since June, is expected to be released as soon as
Monday. The State Department had no comment.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>5 Things</b></span><br />
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Malaysia’s government said palm oil is an important contributor to
its economy. It said it has set up a center to streamline and coordinate
recruitment of foreign workers for the plantations.</div>
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At the
country’s Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities, a spokesman
didn’t respond to questions about abuse of workers or the presence of
trafficked workers on plantations. He said Malaysian law requires all
employers to provide adequate training and protection, and laborers
injured on the job are entitled to compensation.</div>
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The Malaysian
Palm Oil Council, a government agency responsible for promoting the
product, said the industry is a leading contributor to the alleviation
of poverty and social development in Malaysia. Palm-oil use was fueled
in part by a 2006 U.S. Food and Drug Administration order to label
foods’ trans fats, prompting snack makers to look for alternatives.
Exports to the U.S. more than quadrupled over a decade, and roughly half
of all packaged products in supermarkets now contain palm oil or a
derivative.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Foreign workforce</b></span></div>
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The plantation where Mr. Rubel works is controlled by Felda Global Ventures<span class="company-name-type">,</span><a class="chiclet-wrapper" href="http://quotes.wsj.com/MY/XKLS/FGV">
</a> a semi autonomous company set up by Malaysia’s government and one of
the largest producers of crude palm oil. Its customers, according to
U.S. customs and shipping data, include Minnesota-based Cargill Inc.,
which resells the oil to multinationals such as Nestlé SA and Procter & Gamble<span class="company-name-type"> Co.</span> </div>
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Felda said workers on its plantations, nearly 85% of them
foreigners, are afforded basic rights and earn the minimum wage. Cargill
and its customers said they weren’t aware of alleged labor abuses on
palm-oil plantations and would investigate.</div>
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Mr. Rubel’s employer
is one of the labor contractors that supply much of Felda’s workforce.
It is while employed by contractors, rather than directly for Felda,
that abuses such as the withholding of pay are most common, workers
said.</div>
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“They buy and sell us like cattle,” said one 25-year-old
Bangladeshi, who said he had been shunted among three contractors for
six months without receiving any pay.</div>
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Living in huts in the
forest far from stores, the workers often must buy supplies from
contractors, who they say set artificially high prices that put workers
in debt. One man said his contractor deducted 30% from his weekly pay
when he took an hour off to attend Friday Muslim prayers.</div>
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Being
in Malaysia illegally, workers such as Mr. Rubel see little they can do
to change matters, especially since workers said their employers took
away their passports. “There is no escape,” said Muhi, a migrant who
identified himself with just one name. “They bring policemen and
threaten to send us to jail.”</div>
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Efforts to reach labor contractors
were unsuccessful. The migrant workers declined to identify their
contractors, saying they feared deportation or physical harm. In the
past, contractors have told rights groups they play an important role in
meeting labor demand and sometimes hold workers’ passports for
safekeeping.</div>
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Malaysian law doesn’t permit someone’s passport to
be held by others, the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities
said.</div>
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Some workers directly employed by Felda said they had
somewhat better work experiences and didn’t feel trapped on plantations.
Some said they received better pay than they had earned on construction
sites or in the hospitality industry. Several men said they had been
allowed to go home every two years.</div>
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Felda said it was working to
employ a larger part of its workforce directly. A spokesman said all
workers on its plantations, regardless of employer, are accorded rights
such as the Malaysian minimum wage. Under Malaysian law, a plantation
owner is responsible for all workers on its property.</div>
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The minimum
wage is 900 ringgit, or about $240, a month. Several workers
interviewed, including some with legal documents, said their pay was
often below the minimum. A number of recent pay slips seen by The Wall
Street Journal, bearing Felda’s name, showed monthly payments of 700 to
800 ringgit.</div>
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The company said people have to work at least 26
days a month to qualify for the minimum wage. Workers said supervisors
sometimes didn’t give them enough work to meet that threshold, although
under Malaysian law, plantations must provide enough for full-time
workers to make minimum wage.<img alt="Mohammad Rubel, who arrived in Malaysia after a perilous journey in a smuggler’s boat as well as later captivity in a jungle camp, says he has been working on a palm plantation since December without receiving any pay." data-in-at4units-src="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JO020_PALMOI_P_20150724151843.jpg" data-in-base-src="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JO020_PALMOI_P_20150724151843.jpg" data-intent="" data-medium="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JO020_PALMOI_M_20150724151843.jpg" src="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JO020_PALMOI_P_20150724151843.jpg" height="213" title="Mohammad Rubel, who arrived in Malaysia after a perilous journey in a smuggler’s boat as..." width="320" /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span class="wsj-article-caption-content">Mohammad Rubel, who
arrived in Malaysia after a perilous journey in a smuggler’s boat as
well as later captivity in a jungle camp, says he has been working on a
palm plantation since December without receiving any pay.</span>
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The recruiting of workers abroad is sometimes done by labor brokers
and sometimes directly by agents for smugglers. The last large-scale
intake of plantation workers from Bangladesh through regular channels
was in 2008. Since then, government-to-government recruitment has
largely stalled, with both sides citing irregularities in the process.<br />
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Muhammad Rashed,
based in the northern Kedah state, is a labor broker. He said, however,
that for passage to Malaysia, he had no choice but to work with
smugglers.<br />
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Fielding calls on a battered Nokia phone, Mr. Rashed
said the smugglers compete aggressively to carry workers so they can
collect fees from them later, while holding them captive. “A few months
ago, they forced 10 of my people to get on a different boat at
gunpoint,” he said.<br />
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Chance for a job<br />
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Mr. Rubel, the
young Bangladeshi, was living in the city of Bogra when a smugglers’
agent tempted him with talk of good wages on plantations abroad.<br />
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A
stocky man with a mop of unruly hair, Mr. Rubel said he was struggling
to find work at home and wanted to show his parents he could earn a
living. On an October evening, he traveled with three friends to the
coastal town of Teknaf. They boarded a 40-foot wooden fishing boat that
held nearly 200 other Bangladeshis and ethnic Rohingya Muslims from
Myanmar.<br />
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The agent told him he would be paid his wages, and from
them he could pay the fee of 160,000 Bangladeshi takas, or $2,000,
according to Mr. Rubel. He said the agent, who couldn’t be reached for
comment, promised there would be plenty of food and water on the trip.<br />
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Instead,
he said, armed men operating the boat rationed food and water so the
packed-in migrants would make fewer trips to the toilet, and beat them
when they asked for more. The heat and stench were overpowering, he
said, and he saw dozens die.<br />
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At one point, he said, he watched
as the traffickers threw migrants’ bodies into the sea, after slitting
open their abdomens so they would sink.<br />
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After three weeks, the
boat reached southern Thailand. Mr. Rubel said he and hundreds of others
were put in crowded camps, sleeping entangled in one another’s limbs
behind coils of barbed wire.<br />
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He and several others who passed
through the camps said that the traffickers, demanding money to release
the migrants, would put them on the phone to their parents and beat them
so the parents could hear their screams and pay up. Those who couldn’t
pay were held and beaten regularly, he said.<br />
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Mr. Rubel said the
smugglers called his father and told him “they would bury me in the
jungle” if he didn’t pay. His father sold a piece of land and paid the
smugglers $2,500 through an agent in Bangladesh. The traffickers later
marched him and others for days through the jungle to a spot inside
Malaysia. They were passed to other operatives and taken to the
Malaysian town of Jempol, where Mr. Rubel found work at the Felda
plantation as an employee of one of the labor contractors.<br />
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<img alt="Palm fruit is the basis of a $30 billion global industry, with palm oil the most-consumed vegetable oil in the world." data-enlarge="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JO016_PALMOI_M_20150724151522.jpg" data-in-at4units-src="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JO016_PALMOI_P_20150724151522.jpg" data-in-base-src="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JO016_PALMOI_P_20150724151522.jpg" data-intent="" src="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JO016_PALMOI_P_20150724151522.jpg" height="213" title="Palm fruit is the basis of a $30 billion global industry, with palm oil the..." width="320" /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span class="wsj-article-caption-content">Palm fruit is the basis of a $30 billion global industry, with palm oil the most-consumed vegetable oil in the world.</span>
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The work is challenging. Palm oil fruit grows atop trees up to 65
feet high in reddish-golden bunches that can weigh more than 60 pounds.<br />
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Mr.
Rubel said the contractor has withheld all of his wages, without giving
a reason. Contractors sometimes pay recruitment fees to labor brokers,
then recover these by not paying workers for a few months, according to
workers and brokers.<br />
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Mr. Rubel didn’t protest. He worried that if
he did, the contractor would alert authorities and he would be
arrested. He said he believes if he stays long enough, he will
eventually start receiving wages.<br />
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One of his jobs is spraying
pesticides, including the weed killer Paraquat, which some countries
restrict because of its toxicity. He said he got protective gear but no
training, and using the chemical made his head spin. Other workers said
contractors told them to buy their own protective gear if they wanted
it.<br />
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The Felda spokesman said the company sanctions the use of
Paraquat only “under specific conditions where regular herbicide is not
able to give effective control.”<br />
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Some workers, even those directly employed by Felda, said they weren’t given compensation if accidents occurred. Al Amin,
a Felda employee of seven years, said he suffered multiple fractures of
his right leg when run over by a company tractor. Another employee, Malek Mia,
said he partially lost eyesight when a palm thorn penetrated his left
eye. Although the company provided for some medical care, both said,
they have had to pay for much of it themselves.<br />
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Felda said all workers are covered by insurance, and it will investigate allegations of nonpayment after injury.</div>
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<img alt="Palm-fruit bunches like these in Sepang, Malaysia, are pressed into palm oil." data-enlarge="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JO018_PALMOI_M_20150724151641.jpg" data-in-at4units-src="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JO018_PALMOI_P_20150724151641.jpg" data-in-base-src="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JO018_PALMOI_P_20150724151641.jpg" data-intent="" src="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JO018_PALMOI_P_20150724151641.jpg" height="213" title="Palm-fruit bunches like these in Sepang, Malaysia, are pressed into palm oil." width="320" /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span class="wsj-article-caption-content">Palm-fruit bunches like these in Sepang, Malaysia, are pressed into palm oil.</span>
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MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images</span></i></span> </div>
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Felda is a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, or
RSPO, a certification scheme meant to ensure environmental and social
standards. Its rules say all plantation workers must have adequate
training and protection and be paid a living wage. The measure of that
is left to local authorities.</div>
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The RSPO’s secretary-general, Darrel Webber, said he was unaware of any abuses faced by workers on Felda plantations but would investigate.</div>
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Many
global companies, including Nestlé and P&G, commit to buying palm
oil only from RSPO-certified plantations. Nestlé said it was unaware of
conditions at Felda’s plantations but was refocusing resources to
“ensure that our responsible sourcing requirements are met” in Malaysia.
P&G said it would look into the allegations and “take any necessary
corrective action.”</div>
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At Felda customer Cargill, “we take this
matter seriously and will be investigating,” a spokeswoman said. Cargill
was among companies that last year committed to begin tracing palm oil
to the plantations where it is produced, though this effort is driven
mostly by environmental concerns.</div>
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The boats are still coming to
Malaysia, despite the onset of monsoon season. The Thai coast guard in
mid-June spotted several, each carrying more than 500 people it said
were migrants on their way to Malaysia. - <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/palm-oil-migrant-workers-tell-of-abuses-on-malaysian-plantations-1437933321">Wall Street Journal, 20/7/2015</a></div>
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Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-53544985553099000152015-04-21T20:49:00.003-07:002015-04-21T20:49:38.854-07:00Rightly. No PROBATION for Migrant Workers in Malaysia affirmed<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">No more PROBATION for Migrant Workers in Malaysia since1st July 2013. </span>Well, very odd, because for workers employed under fixed-term employment contracts, there really should be no probation period at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">PROBATION PERIOD really should only be used when the employment is to be confirmed to REGULAR employment (meaning employment until retirement or until employer no more). This probation should be for a period of no more than 3 months - time for both employer and worker to suitability of the employment relationship, whereby the employer considers also the ability of the worker to do the job... - thereafter, if satisfied, it is confirmed and the worker is a REGULAR employee until retirement... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For short-term or fixed-term employment arrangement, there should be NO Probation...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Migrant workers in Malaysia are all employed on fixed-term contracts (3-5 years generally), and thus the government is RIGHT in affirming that PROBATION should not be there in such employment relationships...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> <a href="http://www.mohr.gov.my/index.php/en/archives/115-highlights/620-tempoh-percubaan-pekerja-asing">http://www.mohr.gov.my/index.php/en/archives/115-highlights/620-tempoh-percubaan-pekerja-asing</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-46450702034981033612015-03-11T13:25:00.002-07:002015-03-11T13:25:41.143-07:00More foreign workers failing medical tests, says agency (Malaysian Insider)<h1>
More foreign workers failing medical tests, says agency</h1>
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Published: 9 March 2015 12:45 PM </div>
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<span class="caption-box pull-left big-picture" style="float: left; width: 540px;"><img alt="Foreign workers are failing their medical tests at a higher rate this year than last. – The Malaysian Insider filepic, March 9, 2015." src="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/assets/uploads/articles/FOREIGN_WORKERs-immigrant_worker_farm-kundang_selangor-040215-TMI-MUKHRIZ.jpg" style="float: left; height: 358px; width: 540px;" /><i><span class="img-caption" style="font-size: x-small;">Foreign
workers are failing their medical tests at a higher rate this year than
last. – The Malaysian Insider filepic, March 9, 2015.</span></i></span> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><article> </article><div style="text-align: justify;">
<article><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Foreign
workers are failing their medical tests at a higher rate this year
compared to 2014, a foreign worker medical examination monitoring agency
(Fomema) said today.</span></span></article><article><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Unitab Medic Sdn Bhd said that as of last month, this year's health
screenings have seen an average failure rate of 3.1%, compared to 2.8%
for the entirety of last year.</span></span></article><article><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
"As (of) February 2015, 179,004 of foreign workers passed and only
5,657 of them failed (the) Fomema medical examination, which is equal to
184,661 number of foreign workers registered with Fomema," said Unitab
Medic in a press release.</span></span>
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Last year, 1,286,247 foreign workers passed the Fomema medical examinations while 37,294 failed, it said. </span></span></article><article><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></article><article><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The 2014 results showed that the most prevalent communicable disease
among foreign workers was Tuberculosis, with 47% or 17,981 suffering
from the disease, said Unitab Medic.</span></span></b></span></article><article><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
This was followed by Hepatitis B, with 4,203 (11%) workers testing positive for the disease.</span></span></b></span></article><article><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
1,371 (4%) workers last year failed the Venereal Disease Research
Laboratory (VDRL) test, a blood test for syphilis, while 1,660 (4%) and
1,176 (3%) tested positive for cannabis and opiates, respectively.</span></span></b></span></article><article><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
1,157 (3%) of the foreign workers examined were pregnant, while 92 (1%)
of foreign workers failed the psychiatry tests, said Unitab Medic.</span></span></b></span></article><article><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
"Tuberculosis or TB is an airborne disease – the bacteria is passed
from person to person through the air when someone coughs or sneezes.
People who are nearby may be infected after breathing in the bacteria,"
said Datuk Mohd Hatar Ismail, the president and CEO of Unitab Medic,
during yesterday's annual Foreign Worker Medical and Chest X-ray Seminar
in Petaling Jaya.</span></span></article><article><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
"The bacteria can attack any part of the body, but they usually stick
to the lungs and people with TB disease are most likely to spread it to
those they spend time with every day, like their family members or
co-workers."</span></span></article><article><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Yesterday's seminar, which attracted 300 participants, was organised
to ensure stringent and high quality health screening of the foreign
workers in Malaysia, said Hatar.</span></span></article><article><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
On November 12, 2014, Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot
said there was an estimated 6.7 million foreign workers in the country,
but only 2.1 million had valid work permits. – March 9, 2015.</span></span></article><article><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></article><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-90055506145659141422015-02-22T03:08:00.000-08:002015-02-22T03:08:00.949-08:00Migrant Worker Recruitment Terms, Levy, Visa Charges, Security Bond (Info from Malaysian Immigration Website)<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">RECRUITMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF FOREIGN WORKERS</span></b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Only permitted to work in these sectors - Manufacturing, Construction, Plantation, Agriculture and Services;</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Quota of foreign workers must be obtained by employers / companies from Ministry of Home Affairs, One Stop Centre (OSC);</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Age of not less than 18 years and not more than 45 years at the time of application;</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Certified as fit and healthy by the approved medical centre in the source countries; <a href="http://www.imi.gov.my/images/PekerjaAsing/PekerjaAsing2014/Senarai%20Pusat%20Kesihatan%20asat04Nov2014.pdf" target="_blank">List of medical centre </a></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Not
listed as foreign individuals who are prohibited from entering this
country under Section 8 (3) of the Immigration Act 1959/1963; and</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Foreign workers must come from approved source countries as below:</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></li>
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<td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><strong>SECTOR</strong></td>
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<td><strong>F</strong></td>
<td><strong>M</strong></td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Thailand </span></td>
<td>/</td>
<td>/</td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Cambodia </span></td>
<td>/</td>
<td>/</td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Nepal </span></td>
<td>/</td>
<td>/</td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Myanmar</span></span></td>
<td>/</td>
<td>/</td>
<td> </td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Laos </span></td>
<td>/</td>
<td>/</td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Vietnam </span></span></td>
<td>/</td>
<td>/</td>
<td rowspan="2"> <b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">All Sectors</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> (Construction, Plantation, Agriculture, Services, Manufacturing)</span></td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Philippines</span></td>
<td>X</td>
<td>/</td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Pakistan </span></td>
<td>/</td>
<td>/</td>
<td><br /></td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Sri Lanka </span></span></td>
<td>/</td>
<td>/</td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Turkmenistan </span></span></span></td>
<td>/</td>
<td>/</td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Uzbekistan</span></span></span></span></td>
<td>/</td>
<td>/</td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Kazakhstan </span></td>
<td>/</td>
<td>/</td>
<td><br /></td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">India </span></span></td>
<td>/</td>
<td>/</td>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 26.35pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Construction</span></b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (high tension cable only);</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 26.35pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Services (goldsmith, wholesale/ retail, restaurant-cooks only, metal/ scrap materials and recycling, textiles and barbers);</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 26.35pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Agriculture</span></b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">; and</span></pre>
<b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Plantation</span></b></td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Indonesia </span></td>
<td>/</td>
<td>/</td>
<td><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Male
workers from Indonesia are allowed to work in all sectors except
Manufacturing, while female workers from Indonesia are allowed to work
in all sectors stipulated.</span></td>
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<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Bangladesh</span></span></td>
<td>/</td>
<td>/</td>
<td><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Plantation via G to G agreement</span></td>
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</ul>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">APPLICATION PROCEDURES</span></b></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Phase 1 (Pre Arrival )</span></b></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Employers must first apply to the Immigration Department for a Visa with Reference (VDR) approval before employing foreign workers.</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Application forms for VDR can be submitted either at the Immigration counters or online via e-Services system.</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 60.3pt; text-indent: -21.25pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Approval letter from Ministry of Home Affairs (Quota approval)</span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 60.3pt; text-indent: -21.25pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Security bond - deposits / insurance guarantee / bank guarantee (insurance guarantee must be stamped and valid for at least 18 months )</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 60.3pt; text-indent: -21.25pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Copy of the foreign workers’ passports</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 60.3pt; text-indent: -21.25pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Latest photo of the foreign workers (passports size)</span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 60.3pt; text-indent: -21.25pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Foreign Worker Compensation Scheme (insurance)</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 60.3pt; text-indent: -21.25pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Insurance policy of Health Insurance Protection Scheme Foreign Workers (SPIKPA) - Except for Plantation Sector</span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Note</span></span></b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: For Sabah and Sarawak, the approval for foreign worker’s employment is governed by the State Government accordingly. </span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Phase 2 (Post Arrival)</span></b></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Foreign workers will only be allowed to enter the country at the authorized entry points using the VDR issued by the Immigration Department and entry visa issued by the Malaysian Attachés Office in the country of origin.</span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Employers must ensure that the clearance process of foreign workers at the entry points is done within <b>24 hours</b> from the arrival time.</span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The issuance of Visit Pass (Temporary Employment) [VP(TE)] to the foreign workers will only be done after they have passed the FOMEMA medical examination within 30 days which can be done at any medical centres registered with FOMEMA. </span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">VP(TE) will be issued once the foreign worker is certified fit by clinic/ medical centre registered with FOMEMA. Failing which, the foreign worker will not be allowed to stay and work in this country. Employers are required to apply for Check Out Memo for the repatriation of the foreign worker. </span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Issuance of VP(TE) shall be made at the Immigration Office which issued the VDR approval letter.</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">EXTENSION OF VP(TE)</span></b></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">VP(TE) is valid for a period of 12 months. Employers can apply for VP(TE) extension 3 months before the expiry date. </span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Employers must ensure the extension application is made before the VP(TE) expires. Any application submitted after the expiry date will be referred to the Immigration Enforcement Division for consideration.</span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Application of VP(TE) extension must adhere to this checklist :</span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 74.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.3pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Identification document of employee/ company representative (SSM company / Form 49 / Form B & D / Card Company Representative / Form Company representatives have endorsed / copy of the employer 's identity card)</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 74.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.3pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Security bond in a form of bank guarantee / insurance guarantee / deposit ( validity period of bank guarantee / insurance guarantee is at least 18 months )</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 74.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.3pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Insurance policy of Health Insurance Protection Scheme Foreign Workers (SPIKPA) – except for plantation sector</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 74.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.3pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Slip of Foreign Workers Compensation Scheme ( FWCS )</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 74.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.3pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Foreign workers must undergo medical examination and certified fit by the clinic/ medical centre registered with FOMEMA (for 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> year extension only).</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">EMPLOYMENT PERIOD AND </span></b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: 'inherit','serif';"> </span><b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">REPATRIATION</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Foreign workers are allowed to work in this country on a yearly basis up to 10 years. However, those registered under the 6P Program is allowed to work up to 3 years only.</span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Upon completion or termination of employment, the employers must ensure that foreign workers are deported to their origin countries by using Check Out Memo. Security bond can be claimed provided the repatriation process is done accordingly through Check Out Memo. </span><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">FEES FOR VP(TE) EXTENSION </span></b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The following fees must be paid to the Immigration Department for VP(TE) extension application:</span></pre>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Construction</span></div>
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<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM1,250.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM1,010.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM60.00</span><br />
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM125.00</span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22pt;">
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; height: 22pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Plantation</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM590.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM590.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM60.00</span><br />
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM125.00</span><br />
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 22.7pt;">
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; height: 22.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM410.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM410.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM60.00</span><br />
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM125.00</span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22pt;">
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; height: 22pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Services</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM1,850.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM1,490.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM60.00</span><br />
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 22pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM125.00</span><br />
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<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; height: 45.55pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Services (island resort)</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 45.55pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM1,250.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 45.55pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM1,010.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 45.55pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM60.00</span><br />
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; height: 45.55pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.9pt;" valign="top" width="100">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">RM125.00</span><br />
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Table 1 : Rate of levy, VP(TE) and process fee based on different sectors </span></pre>
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<td style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #e0e0e0; border: 1pt solid black; height: 23.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 98.45pt;" width="131">
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<b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">NATIONALITY</span></b></div>
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<td style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #e0e0e0; border-color: black black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; height: 23.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt;" width="104">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">VISA (RM)</span></b></div>
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<td style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #e0e0e0; border-color: black black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; height: 23.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" width="151">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">SECURITY BOND (RM)</span></b></div>
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<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 98.45pt;" valign="top" width="131">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Indonesia</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt;" valign="top" width="104">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">15.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">250.00</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 98.45pt;" valign="top" width="131">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Bangladesh</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt;" valign="top" width="104">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">20.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">500.00</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 98.45pt;" valign="top" width="131">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Pakistan</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt;" valign="top" width="104">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">20.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">750.00</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 98.45pt;" valign="top" width="131">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Myanmar</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt;" valign="top" width="104">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">19.50</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">750.00</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 98.45pt;" valign="top" width="131">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">India</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt;" valign="top" width="104">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">50.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">750.00</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 98.45pt;" valign="top" width="131">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Philippines</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt;" valign="top" width="104">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">36.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1,000.00</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 98.45pt;" valign="top" width="131">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Thailand</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt;" valign="top" width="104">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Gratis</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">250.00</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 98.45pt;" valign="top" width="131">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cambodia</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt;" valign="top" width="104">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">20.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">250.00</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 98.45pt;" valign="top" width="131">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Nepal</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt;" valign="top" width="104">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">20.00</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151">
<div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">750.00</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 98.45pt;" valign="top" width="131">
<div style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Vietnam</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">13.00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1,500.00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Sri Lanka</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">15.00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">750.00</span></div>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Table 2 : Rates of Visa and security bond based on nationality</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Payment can be made in cash or bank drafts to the "Director General Of Immigration Malaysia".</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">For the state office, address it to the "Director Of Immigration of (the respective states)”. For example; Director Of Immigration Selangor)</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Foreign workers who hold the VP(TE) permit must adhere to these conditions :</span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 72.6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.3pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">family members are not allowed to accompany or live in this country;</span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 72.6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.3pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">change of employers or employment sectors is not allowed; and</span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">ABSCONDMENT OF FOREIGN WORKERS</span></b></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Foreign workers can be categorized as absconded when: </span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 65.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">leaving work place without notifying the employers with the intention to escape; and</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 65.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">not returning to work place after coming back from origin country</span></pre>
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Employers are required to notify the Immigration Department for absconded cases and must provide these documents:</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 58.4pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.15pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">identification document of employer/company representative</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 58.4pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.15pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Copy of foreign worker’s passport</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 58.4pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.15pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Foreign worker absconded form</span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 58.4pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.15pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Valid police report</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"></span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 58.4pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Foreign workers who commit the act of abscondment will be blacklisted by the Immigration Department. </span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Their security bonds will be confiscated as well.
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<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">FOREIGN WORKERS (COLOURED) IDENTITY CARD BY SECTORS OF EMPLOYMENT (i-KAD)</span></b></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Foreign workers with valid VP(TE) will also be issued the i-Kad and its validity period is the same with the VP(TE). </span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The issuance of i-Kad does not incur any additional cost to the employers and it will be sent directly to the employer/company by the authorized vendor. </span></pre>
<pre style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The issuance of i-Kad is based on 6 employment sectors allowed in this country and they are indicated by different colours, as follows:
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Foreign Domestic Helper</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Brown</span></div>
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Migrant Workers: Malaysia's 'Invisible' Workforce</h2>
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“MIGRATION is an expression of the human
aspiration for dignity, safety and a better future. It is part of the
social fabric, part of our very make-up as a human family,” - Ban
Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General </div>
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According to UN statistics from 2014,
there are around 232 million international immigrants in the world, a
number which is increasing every year.</div>
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Call them migrant worker, guest worker,
foreign labour or for the professional working class, the term
‘expatriate’ is still used, the term “migrant worker” has various
connotations in different parts of the world. According to the United
Nations, the definition is broad and it may include any persons working
outside of their country of birth.</div>
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In Malaysia, migrant workers come from
more than 12 countries in Asia with the majority coming from Indonesia,
according to Fair Labour Association, an international non-profit
collaboration promoting international labour laws. Bangladesh, Nepal,
India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines also
supply a large number of the migrant workers population in Malaysia.</div>
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Delegates attending the National Council
of Professors' (MPN) Conference on 'National Dilemma: Issues and
Challenges of Foreign Workers in Malaysia' in Kuala Lumpur on December
16, 2014 had stated that there are about 2.9 million legal foreign
workers in Malaysia (out of an estimated 6 million but the issue of
illegal migrant workers is a separate story), citing figures provided to
them by the police.</div>
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National labour statistics show that
nearly 40% of migrant workers had no formal education, as compared to
the 10% with tertiary experience. It is also worth noting that the share
of migrants working in white-collar occupations has plummeted
dramatically from a peak level of 10% in 2002 to 5.8% in 2008 due to
rising domestic education and expertise levels.</div>
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Last week, <em>Malaysian Digest</em>
reached out to some of these workers to find out what they think as soon
as they set foot here and how it is like to work in Malaysia.</div>
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<strong>Let’s Hear From Malaysia’s Migrant Workforce</strong></div>
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Following are a selection of views received throughout the interviews.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<em>“I have been living here for three
weeks now. I love Malaysia. The people here are friendly, kind and warm.
Although the first few days here were almost a culture shock since I
barely speak English and Malay, but that was totally a new and exciting
learning experience …The cultural diversity and the foods here are just
awesome!”</em> <strong>–</strong> <strong>Dominique Boudet, 55, an osteopathic physician from Bordeaux, France</strong></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<em>“I love working in Malaysia since it
is a peaceful country. It was love at first sight for me the moment I
landed here one year ago. I like the people here so much since they are
helpful and humble. It has been a great experience living and working
here so far. I always tell my students here how lovely it is to teach
them. It really impressed me to see my students of different races,
creed and religions mix well and has no problem accept respective
cultures.”</em> <strong> – Zhang Bi Qian, 29, a linguistic lecturer from China</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<em>“I started working here since 2012. I
had never travelled out of my country before I came here. I love
working and living here because Malaysia is a peaceful country. Although
the people here are sometimes rude and bad-mannered, but I must say
smiles are quick to flourish across the lips of most Malaysians. My boss
and colleagues here are friendly, kind and caring. They treat me well.”</em> <strong>– Sunnil Dev, 23, a security guard from Nepal</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<em>“My first impression for Malaysia
was not that good because the first place (Shah Alam) I visited upon my
arrival here was surprisingly dirty…It has been 11 years since I first
started to work here. Before I came here, I only know Islam is the
official religion here. After working here more than ten years now, I
must say Malaysia is a peaceful country and it is just like my second
home now.”</em> <strong>– Mohammad Faruk Hossain, 34, a plantation worker from Bangladesh</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
These voices represent only half of the
migrant workforce with the other half falling into the illegal category.
Various non-governmental groups have tried to reach out to this largely
undocumented group as their huge numbers requires some form of
intervention, outreach and support.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Global Voices, an international outfit
which employs citizen media reporting to “give voice to marginalized and
misrepresented communities” presented a video by Engage Media titled
‘Crossroads: Video Stories of Migrants in Malaysia’ on 9 May last year
which gives voice to this invisible workforce.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
MPN Deputy Secretary-General Prof Dr
Kamaruddin M. Said had said at the MPN Conference that “Malaysia must
come to terms with the fact that it will continue to rely on foreign
labour to keep its industries running, for the simple reason that there
are not enough Malaysians to fill in the millions of jobs available.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Of the country’s 30 million citizens,
seven million are still in school and there are an estimated 13 million
new job openings in various sectors ranging from agriculture to
manufacturing,” he added.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<strong>Migrant Workers : The Hidden Economic Catalyst</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In an interview with <em>Malaysian Digest</em>,
Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) executive director Datuk
Shamsuddin Bardan (pic) said there are currently 2.8 to 2.9 million
migrant workers in Malaysia. Foreign labour, especially the blue-collar
workers, contributes quite significantly to the national economy as they
contribute about 10%-11% to national economy.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Despite
the fact that they actually contribute positively to our country, there
is still uneasiness among some Malaysians on the presence of foreign
workers. In general, the perception of Malaysians towards migrant
workers has been quite negative,” he admitted.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Many blaming fingers are pointed on
them when migrant workers and its impacts on our society are being
brought up. In fact, in many circumstances, the mere mention of migrant
workers is usually greeted with a smirk and negativity.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Some even believe that the influx of
foreign workers is the main culprit of the increasing of crime rates in
the country. I must say this is an untrue fact or statement in essence
because the cases of crime involving migrant workers is only less than
10% of the total crime cases nationwide,” he said.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
When asked what MEF has done to discard
the negative perception Malaysians have towards migrant workers, he
said, “We are currently collaborating with International Labour
Organization (ILO) for various projects and roadshows with the aim to
promote a positive image of migrant workers and acknowledge their
contribution to Malaysia’s workforce.”</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“The number of migrant workers in
Malaysia is relatively high and their contribution to the national
economy should not be overlooked,” he added.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<strong>Small Steps, Big Move</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The International Labour Organization
(ILO) through the Tripartite Action to Protect Migrants Workers in the
Greater Mekong Sub-region from Labour Exploitation (GMS Triangle) have
been working to promote better understanding between Malaysians and
migrant workers.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
When contacted, GMS TRIANGLE national project coordinator, Anni Santhiago (pic) told <em>Malaysian Digest</em>
that migrant workers are actually here to respond to the market needs
especially in the field of plantation, construction and manufacturing,
dismissing the claims that they are wage depressant. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Foreign workers make up around 50% of
the construction workforce in the country; while they make up nearly 60%
for the workforce in the manufacturing sector. Currently, they [migrant
workers] make up approximately 20% of the labour force in Malaysia.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“MEF worked with ILO and other
stakeholders in creating a public service announcement for a campaign
named ‘Migration Campaign’. This campaign was first launched in 2012
together with Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) and local NGOs to
strengthen the role of employers in protecting migrant workers’ rights.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“It is hope that with this kind of
campaign, we can help to discard the negative perception the general
public has towards foreign workers in the country so that they are
respected and be treated equally,” she said.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Elaborating further on the efforts to
create positive perception towards migrant workers, she said: “We are
now working on ILO’s GMS TRIANGLE project. It is a five-year project
aims to strengthen the formulation and implementation of recruitment and
labour protection policies and practices.”</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“The project is operational in six
countries namely Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam
with its aims to strengthen policy and legislation, build capacity of
stakeholders and provide services to migrant workers,” she pointed out.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“I believe with these kinds of campaigns
it would help to project a positive image of migrant workers among the
general public, employers and other stakeholders,” she added.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<strong>Dispelling Prejudices And Misconceptions</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Although the Government has promised to
cut down the influx of migrant workers, but it is undeniable that
migrant workers are often accused as a wage depressant in Malaysia as
their number has rocketed from 1,470,000 in 2004 to 2,100,000 in 2009.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
It is important to note that the migrant
workforce has played a crucial role nationally and across local
communities. The Government should play an intermediary role by bridging
the relevant stakeholders and employers as well as to support for and
advocacy to improve the welfare of the migrant workers to the betterment
of the national economy as a whole.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Over the years, many NGOs have urged the
Government to quit seeing migrant workers as a security threat and to
give green light to the Ministry of Human Resources to liaise between
the relevant agencies. Numerous steps can be taken by the Government to
hold the circumstances under control.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In
the past year, sensational cases of alleged abuse of migrant workers
have periodically made headlines including international media coverage
of alleged mistreatment of refugees and migrants but the reality of
migrant workers are not widely known or reported in the media. Various
negative stereotypes exist that can lead to hostile perceptions in their
host community.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In May 2014, the International Trade
Union Confederation (ITUC) had given Malaysia a dismal report card as
‘among the worst places to work’. Malaysia had earned a 5 ranking, with 1
being countries with highest approval ratings and 5 being the second
lowest in terms of violations of workers’ rights (5+ being the lowest
assigned to countries with military occupation or internal unrest).</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
As Malaysia employs the highest number
of migrant workers in Southeast Asia, our country has to take the
initiative to lead by example. Clearly, organizations like MEF, MTUC and
GMS TRIANGLE have a daunting challenge ahead of them to tackle
entrenched negative perception and to play a crucial role in getting the
real situation of migrant workers out to the public as well.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
-- <em>mD - <a href="http://www.malaysiandigest.com/news/541277-migrant-workers-malaysia-s-invisible-workforce.html">Malaysian Digest, 10/2/2015, </a></em><a href="http://www.malaysiandigest.com/news/541277-migrant-workers-malaysia-s-invisible-workforce.html">Migrant Workers: Malaysia's 'Invisible' Workforce</a><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: blue;"><u>Comment</u>:- <i>Sadly, the article paint a picture that migrant
workers in Malaysia all 'happy', and this is far from the truth. The
writer may have not had the opportunity to meet and interview more
migrant workers. It was also most disturbing that in Malaysia, migrant
workers of many employers were denied the right of minimum wages, and
this led to a situation of discrimination - when local workers got at least minimum wages whilst their fellow workers(the migrant workers) did not. There also exist discrimination when it comes to medical fees payable for healthcare at public hospitals and medical facilities.
In any event, the writing of this report must be applauded as very few
will really take the time to write about issues concerning the poor and marginalized - workers, migrant workers, etc.. Good job Mr Teh and Malaysian Digest. </i></span></div>
Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-44903919012175271662014-12-17T09:09:00.002-08:002014-12-17T09:09:43.366-08:00Amend Employment Act to cover foreign workers, says Professors Council<div class="article-meta malaysia">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>BY JOSEPH SIPALAN </b></span><span class="muted"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Published: December 16, 2014 02:22 PM (Malay Mail)</span></span><br />
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<span class="caption-box pull-left" style="float: left; width: 840px;"><img alt="Delegates attend the National Council of Professors' Conference on 'National Dilemma:Issues and Challenges of Foreign Workers in Malaysia' in Kuala Lumpur, December 16, 2014. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng" src="http://www.themalaymailonline.com/images/sized/ez/prof1612_840_561_100.jpeg" height="561" style="float: left; height: 561; width: 840;" width="840" /><i><span class="img-caption">Delegates
attend the National Council of Professors' Conference on 'National
Dilemma:Issues and Challenges of Foreign Workers in Malaysia' in Kuala
Lumpur, December 16, 2014. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">KUALA
LUMPUR, Dec 16 — The National Professors Council (MPN) today proposed
that the federal government amend the Employment (Amended) Act 2012 to
cover the rights of foreign workers, as they are an important driver to
the nation’s economy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The council’s deputy secretary-general, Prof Dr Kamaruddin M. Said,
said Putrajaya must realise that Malaysia will continue to rely on
foreign labour - especially in labour intensive sectors - for quite some
time to come and it is high time to accord them fair treatment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b>“We have (an estimated) 6 million foreign workers</b></span>. That is not a small
number. We should get them protected by the Employment Act,” he said at a
news conference.There are around 2.9 million legal foreign workers registered in
Malaysia, according to police figures cited in an earlier presentation
at the MPN’s conference on foreign workers. </span></span><br />
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<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is believed that there is one illegal immigrant for every documented
migrant worker in the country, though both the police and MPN stressed
that it is difficult to come to a conclusive number due to the elusive
nature of illegal immigrants. </span></span><br />
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<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to estimates by the Human Resources Ministry cited by the
police, <span style="color: red;"><b>legal and illegal migrant workers have sent some RM25 billion
back to their home countries in 2013</b></span> alone. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kamaruddin said Malaysia must come to terms with the fact that it will
continue to rely on foreign labour to keep its industries running, for
the simple reason that there are not enough Malaysians to fill in the
millions of jobs available. </span></span><br />
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<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Of the country’s 30 million citizens, seven million are still in school
and there are an estimated <span style="color: red;"><b>13 million new job openings</b></span> in various
sectors ranging from agriculture to manufacturing, he added. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“This means we must make sure foreign workers are treated well... we
propose that we should change the term to guest workers, because legal
foreign workers bring a very positive effect to our country,” he said. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kamaruddin said Putrajaya also needs to revamp the existing system used
to bring in foreign workers, who in many cases end up deep in debt even
before starting work as they rely on employment agencies that allegedly
charge high fees to get them jobs.
He said the MPN suggests that Malaysia enter into direct
government-to-government arrangements with all countries that supply
workers to Malaysia to shield the workers from exploitation.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
In December last year, deputy Home Minister Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku
Jaafar told Parliament that <span style="color: red;"><b>Malaysia no longer uses middlemen to bring
in foreign workers, choosing instead to hire them directly from their
country of origin.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
His statement came hot on the heels of a report by Bloomberg, which
claimed that labour brokers were still used to supply cheap, bonded
labour from Third World countries like Nepal to high-technology
production lines owned by international companies based out of Malaysia.</span></span><br />
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- <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>See more at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/amend-employment-act-to-cover-foreign-workers-says-professors-council#sthash.0zNFSp0z.dpuf</i></span></span></span></div>
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Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-57072401421264830402014-11-25T20:45:00.001-08:002014-11-25T20:45:20.507-08:00MTUC alarmed at how JCY HDD Technology Sdn Bhd (JCY) foreign worker’s industrial action is swept under the carpets<div id="blogs">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again and Again, Foreign Workers Issues have been swiftly swept under the Carpet</span><span class="meta" id="aside"> </span></div>
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<span class="meta" id="aside">20 November 2014</span></div>
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<strong>Press Statement </strong><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Malaysian Trades Union Congress is alarmed at the manner in which the
issue of JCY HDD Technology Sdn Bhd (JCY) foreign worker’s industrial
action is swept under the carpets by the Police. MTUC is disappointed
with Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaide Wan Jaafer statement in the Dewan
Rakyat that Industrial Action taken by JCY foreign workers was due to
misunderstanding among the foreign workers themselves, especially since
this claim is not supported by any facts.</span></div>
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</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On 4th September 2014, we wrote to the Ministry of Human Resources to
hold a tripartite meeting to discuss the issues raised by JCY’s
workers. However, till to date our request is fallen on deaf ears
despite several follow-up calls to the ministry.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our MTUC’s Johor Division officers on the ground, who have been
following the case closely with some of JCY’s migrant workers, have been
informed by the workers that their protest escalated when one of the
staff of JCY provoked them by throwing stones at the workers when they
refuse to engage in a game of throwing stones at each other in their
workplace at Kulaijaya.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This group of about 20 workers was forcefully moved to Kulaijaya for
participating in the industrial action in Tebrau over the death of their
co-worker who complained of having difficulty in breathing. In
Kulaijaya, they were forced to play a game of “volley ball with stone”
as a form of punishment for taking part in the said incident.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">According to the workers, they resorted to industrial action as they
were dissatisfied with the manner in which the management handled their
grievances. Their concerns regarding their health, work conditions, poor
hostel facilities, calculation of overtime, not adhering to off day’s
entitlement, unfair deductions in their salaries and low compensation
for accident and injuries, were ignored by the management. Furthermore,
the workers were also displeased with the attitude of the management
such as beating them for minor mistakes, and not treating them with
dignity and respect. The workers claimed that their concerns at
workplace worsened over the years and therefore they were left with no
other option but to resort to industrial action.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Clearly the police had failed and neglected the issues concerning the
workers at their work place. The police investigation only concentrated
on one side of the incident. This not only raises concerns on the
confident and credibility in police investigation but also raises the
issues of biasness in the investigation process, especially in the
absence of transparent and independent inquiry.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On 11th of November, a separate meeting was held at Johor Bahru,
Labour Department with JCY management to discuss the repatriation
process and unpaid salary for the 55 workers who were arrested. MTUC’s
Johor division officers have reported that the representative of JCY had
informed them that he has high contact in the Home Ministry, and proved
it by showing off his telephone contact in his mobile phone. Doesn’t
this indicate the biasness in the investigation?</span></div>
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</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">MTUC was also informed that 5 out of 55 workers of JCY have been
wrongfully charged under Sec 6(3) of the Immigration Act for entry into
the country without proper documents, as all of them have valid work
permits with JCY. They were schedule to return to their homeland after
the clearance made at Immigration Department. Unfortunately during the
police raid this group of workers were picked up. At the time of arrest,
these workers were documented but during the process of investigation
their work permit expired. As such, they were charged under the
Immigration offences. </span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">MTUC have engaged the assistances of the Johor
Bar Council to represent these workers. Nevertheless we are deeply
concern with the bureaucracy that is taking in amending the charge at
the expense of these workers who are being detained since 9th September
2014. These workers have not taken part in the Industrial Action as they
were schedule to return home after completing their contract with JCY.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">MTUC is very concern with the continuous lack of political will by
the Government in addressing the issues and concerns of Migrant workers.
Home Ministry should not shoot their month without consulting all
stakeholders especially when workers’ rights are adversely affected.
Internationally, Malaysia has been continuously criticized for force
labour practices especially as highlighted in the recent Verite’ report
on Electronic Industries. The Government should no longer ignore this
report. </span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">MTUC urges the Human Resource Ministry to step in and take
proactive measure in addressing these concerns. MTUC urges Human
Resource Ministry not to delay any longer our call for a Tripartite
Meeting to discuss JCY’s case.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thank You.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sincerely,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<strong>Malaysian Trades Union Congress,</strong><br />
<strong>
</strong><strong>N. Gopal Kishnam,<br />
Secretary General.</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Source:<a href="http://www.mtuc.org.my/again-and-again-foreign-workers-issues-have-been-swiftly-swept-under-the-carpet/"> Malaysian Trade Union Congress website</a> </strong><br />
<br />
<strong>See also (for backgroud) :- </strong><br />
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<a href="http://charleshector.blogspot.com/2014/11/jcy-worker-employer-dispute-jcy-dif.html">JCY worker-Employer Dispute? JCY did no wrong? Do we need an independent investigation?</a></h3>
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Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-19808381008749937812014-11-06T07:47:00.003-08:002014-11-06T07:47:46.419-08:00Outsourcing companies no more employers - but only facilitates entry and exit <div class="_4_j7" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The answer to the Parliamentary Question to the Home Minister states that 'outsourcing companies' shall no more be the employers of migrant workers, and they will only assist in facilitating the entry and exit of workers </span></b></span><i>{Will try to translate the whole question and answer later)</i></div>
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KAEDAH KEMASUKAN PEKERJA ASING SECARA SAH</div>
<strong>NO . SOALAN : 18</strong><br />
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<strong>PEMBERITAHUAN PERTANYAAN BAGI JAWAB LISAN </strong><strong>DEWAN RAKYAT</strong></div>
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<strong>PERTANYAAN : JAWAB LISAN</strong></div>
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<strong>DARIPADA : TUAN HEE LOY SIAN</strong><strong> [ PETALING JAYA ]</strong></div>
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<strong>TARIKH : 14 OKTOBER 2014</strong></div>
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<strong>SOALAN :</strong></div>
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<strong>Tuan Hee Loy Sian [ Petaling Jaya ] </strong>minta<strong> MENTERI DALAM NEGERI</strong>
menyatakan kaedah kemasukan pekerja asing secara sah, selepas
Kementerian mengharamkan kemasukan mereka melalui agensi dan apakah
fungsi agen pekerja asing sekarang dalam kemasukan pekerja asing ke
negara ini.</div>
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<strong>JAWAPAN :</strong></div>
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Tuan Yang di-Pertua,</div>
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masa ini , Kerajaan hanya membenarkan pengambilan pekerja asing
diaksanakan secara terus oleh majikan berdasarkan keputusan Kerajaan
dalam Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Kabinet Mengenai Pekerja Asing dan
Pendatang Asing Tanpa Izin (JKKPA-PATI) Kali Ke-3 Bil.2/2010 pada 20
Mei 2010 yang bersetuju supaya pengurusan Syarikat Membekal dan Mengurus
Pekerja Asing (syarikat <em>outsourcing) </em>diuruskan di bawah Akta Agensi Pekerjaan Swasta 1981 (AAPS 1981 ).<b><span style="color: red;">Kerajaaan juga memutuskan bahawa syarikat <em>outsourcing </em>bukan lagi sebagai majikan tetapi hanya menguruskan kemasukan dan penghantaran pulang pekerja asing.</span></b></div>
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Majikan perlu mendapatkan Sijil JobMalaysia (JCS) daripada Jabatan
Tenaga Kerja Semenanjung Malaysia (JTKSM), sebagai sokongan kepada
majikan yang memohon pekerja asing bagi memastikan bahawa kekosongan
jawatan tersebut telah diiklankan dan tidak dapat diisi oleh rakyat
tempatan;</div>
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(ii) Majikan kemudiannya perlu hadir secara <em>walk-in </em>ke
OSC,KDN untuk sesi temuduga dan kelulusan akan diberikan pada hari yang
sama dengan mengemukakan permohonan pengambilan pekerja asing yang
lengkap di OSC, KDN.Agensi Kawal Selia (AKS) sektor berkenaan akan
menjalankan temuduga dengan majikan untuk meneliti permohonan tersebut
.Kelulusan pengambilan pekerja asing juga adalah berdasarkan keperluan
sebenar majikan dan berdasarkan syarat dan nisbah kelayakan yang
ditetapkan oleh Agensi Kawal Selia masing-masing;</div>
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Majikan yang telah mendapat kelulusan dikehendaki untuk membuat
bayaran levi tahun pertama di Bahagian Pengurusan Pekerja Asing ,
Kementerian Dalam Negeri ;dan</div>
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(iv) Majikan seterusnya
dikehendaki berurusan secara terus dengan Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia
bagi mendapatkan Surat Kelulusan Visa DEngan Rujukan (VDR) dan Pas
Lawatan Kerja Sementara (PLKS).</div>
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Sehubungan ini juga, pada masa ini syarikat <em>outsourcing </em>yang
dilntik oleh Kementerian Dalam Negeri hanya dibenarkan untuk membekal
dan menguruskan pekerja asing yang telah diluluskan sebelum ini.</div>
Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-31130275111967440162014-09-10T12:45:00.001-07:002014-09-10T12:45:59.769-07:00Bangladesh Believes In Malaysia's Way Of Solving Issues Of Foreign Workers (Bernama)<h1 style="text-align: justify;">
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 (Bernama) -- The Bangladeshi government believes
in Malaysia's way of solving issues of foreign workers, especially from
Bangladesh, Dewan Negara president Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang said.<br /><br />
So much so, he said Bangladesh would not question the decisions made by
Malaysia concerning the Bangladeshi workers in the country, including
action taken on those who violated the law.<br /><br />
"They know what happened here and the treatment given by our country.
If there are baseless and untrue allegations, the Bangladesh High
Commissioner here will personally counter the allegations."<br /><br />
Abu Zahar said this to Bernama after receiving a courtesy call from
Bangladesh High Commissioner in Malaysia AKM Atiqur Rahman at his office
in the Parliament Building here today.<br /><br />
Abu Zahar said Bangladesh had always respected the good bilateral ties
that had existed between the two countries as they had learnt a lot from
Malaysia, especially about the concept of Pilgrims Fund (Tabung Haji).<br /><br />
"Last year, they even sent several of their officers here to learn about
the concept before implementing it in Bangladesh," he said.<br /><br />
During their meeting which lasted 45 minutes, Abu Zahar said he and
Atiqur Rahman also discussed other issues concerning the two countries.<br /><br />
Atiqur Rahman has been the Bangladesh High Commissioner in Malaysia for over five years.<br /><br />
-- BERNAMA</span></div>
Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-6067930806061512962014-09-04T13:08:00.001-07:002014-09-04T13:08:20.609-07:005.8 million migrant workers of which 2.9 million documented in Malaysia<div id="blogs">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">PUTRAJAYA, Sept 2 (Bernama) – Malaysian workers need to their
attitude by not be choosy over jobs or just want to work in the public
sector.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem said Malaysia
has so many jobs in various sectors, but mostly are filled by foreign
workers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Malaysians should seize job opportunities provided by the 600,000
small and medium enterprises (SME), he told a press conference after a
briefing on Human Capital Development Strategic Reform Initiatives
(SRI), here today.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Riot said the dumping of <span style="color: red;"><b>foreign workers in Malaysia is worrying as
they are some 5.8 million of whom only 2.9 million are legal workers</b></span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The public are invited to attend Fiesta Kerjaya JobsMalaysia and Azam
Kerja 1Malaysia 2014 at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre from Sept 5 to 7
to seize the 10,000 job vacancies in various sectors.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Among the activities held are open interviews, career fairs, career
guidance talks, registration with JobsMalaysia Online and the Public
Service Commission</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Earlier, Riot said Human Capital Development Strategic Reform
Initiatives (SRI) has in four years, enhanced the nation’s workforce and
supported the needs of the Economic Transformation Programme’s (ETP) 12
National Key Economic Areas.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">SRI is focused on modernising labour legislation, upskilling and
upgrading the workforce, strengthening human resource management for
SME’s, leveraging women’s talent and undertaking labour market analysis.
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Source: <a href="http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/searchindex.php?terms=richard">Bernama</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Source: <a href="http://www.mtuc.org.my/malaysian-workers-should-not-be-choosy-over-jobs-riot/">MTUC Website </a></span></span></div>
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Lambakan 5.8 Juta Pekerja Asing Membimbangkan - Riot</h1>
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PUTRAJAYA, 2 Sept (Bernama) — Menteri Sumber Manusia Datuk Seri
Richard Riot hari ini menarik perhatian terhadap lambakan pekerja asing
dalam negara ketika ini iaitu kira-kira 5.8 juta orang.</div>
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Katanya, hanya separuh dari jumlah itu, atau kira-kira 2.9 juta
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Beliau bercakap pada sidang akhbar selepas taklimat mengenai Human
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Sehubungan dengan itu, beliau menggesa rakyat di negara ini agar
mengikis sikap memilih pekerjaan atau hanya mahu bekerja di sektor awam.</div>
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Riot berkata Malaysia menyediakan begitu banyak peluang pekerjaan
dalam pelbagai sektor, namun adalah menyedihkan kebanyakannya diisi oleh
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Beliau berkata bekerja di kira-kira 600,000 syarikat Industri Kecil
dan Sederhana merupakan antara peluang kerjaya yang boleh dicuba rakyat
tempatan.</div>
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Sementara itu, beliau menyeru orang ramai menghadiri Fiesta Kerjaya
JobsMalaysia Dan Azam Kerja 1Malaysia 2014 Peringkat Kebangsaan di Mid
Valley Exhibition Centre mulai 5 hingga 7 Sept untuk merebut 10,000
kekosongan jawatan pelbagai sektor.</div>
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Antara aktiviti di majlis itu ialah temuduga terbuka, pameran
kerjaya, ceramah bimbingan kerjaya dan pendaftaran Online JobsMalaysia
dan Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam. – BERNAMA</div>
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Sumber: <a href="http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/bm/newsindex.php?id=1065460">Bernama</a></div>
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Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-42353979732566708342014-09-02T00:08:00.001-07:002014-09-02T00:08:33.496-07:00About 500 Indonesian Migrant Workers Depart to Malaysia per day? <div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There can be an average of 500 Indonesians coming to Malaysia to work daily from just one exit port ... and this would more likely people coming over on tourist visas who really is coming over to work here in Malaysia </span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I would propose that Malaysia should maybe change its procedures for migrant workers coming to Malaysia to work - maybe, it best to now cause employers who employ migrant workers to register their migrant worker, just as they do any other local worker... This may be a BETTER and more just way of doing things..</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Undocumented migrants foiled in attempts to depart for Malaysia </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian
Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) has foiled the attempts of 669 migrant workers
from departing to Malaysia without the proper documentation. <br /><br />The workers were attempting to depart from Batam and Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands.<br /><br />Speaking
to The Jakarta Post in Batam on Saturday, BNP2TKI head Gatot Abdullah
Mansyur said that together with the Immigration Office, his agency had
screened Indonesians leaving for Malaysia from the Batam international
ferry terminal for four days starting from Aug. 27. <br /><br />Gatot said
if they found indications that a person was to work in Malaysia without
the required documents, such as a job order and a temporary residence
permit, the person would be prevented from traveling.<br /><br />“According
to the regulations, we cannot ban citizens from going to Malaysia. Yet,
we know whether they are going for an ordinary visit or for work. We
arrest those who are going there for work [without the required
documents],” he said.<br /><br />He said the 669 workers arrested hailed from across Indonesia. <br /><br />He added that they made Batam and Tanjung Pinang their points of departure. <br /><br />“The
biggest challenge we face in preventing illegal migrant workers from
going to Malaysia is the fact they do not need a visa to go there,” he
said, adding that the measure was conducted to make illegal workers
complete their documents properly before leaving.<br /><br />According to
Gatot, the visa-free policy has been a concern for the State Palace and
the Foreign Ministry, which are attempting to review the policy to
prevent undocumented migrants from going to Malaysia.<br /><br />“The
upcoming ASEAN Community that will implement borderless, united currency
principles, will see an increase in the migration of illegal workers,”
Gatot said.<br /><br />Things became more complex, he said, as in many cases illegal workers were sent from Malaysia to work in the Middle East.<br /><br />Batam
Center Immigration Office head Irwanto Suhaili, said departures to
Malaysia through the ferry terminal that served the Stulang Laut, Johor
Bahru, route were high, with ferries departing every hour.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: red;">“An average of 500 Indonesians depart to Johor every day, mostly for work in Malaysia,</span>”</b> Irwanto said.<br /><br />Batam
international ferry terminal is well known as a departure point for
undocumented Indonesian migrants heading to Malaysia, both individually
and through labor recruitment agencies (PJTKI).<br /><br />Illegal workers
can reportedly even buy one-way tickets on board the ferry. They usually
board after all legal passengers. They also pay less money than legal
passengers.<br /><br />The situation has reportedly been allowed to develop by staff accepting illegal levies from undocumented passengers.<br /><br />“So
far we have found no staff involved in such a practice. If we find
them, we will report them to their superiors in Jakarta,” Gatot said.<br /><br />Based
on the Post’s observations at Stulang Laut Port, Johor Bahru,
Indonesian undocumented migrants are also being financially exploited by
staff, who seek to increase illegal levies for undocumented migrants at
every opportunity.<br /><br />In many cases, the staff even check the workers’ cell phones to see if there are porn videos on the phones. <br /><br />In the event they find such videos, they demand that the workers pay 100 Malaysian Ringgit. - <a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/09/01/undocumented-migrants-foiled-attempts-depart-malaysia.html">Jakarta Post, 1/9/2014. Undocumented migrants foiled in attempts to depart for Malaysia</a></span></span></div>
Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-61428422530681293972014-08-30T00:04:00.001-07:002014-08-30T00:04:29.147-07:00'threw stone at private parts' of worker - If true, take action against any employer/staff/person that torture workers? <div class="article-header">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What is happening in Kulai is related to what happened in the Tebrau factory, which now allegedly <span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">is a </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;">JCY HDD Technology Sdn Bhd</span></span><span style="color: black;">, </span><span style="color: black;">a subsidiary of</span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color: red;">JCY International Bhd. <span style="color: black;">This belief on the name of the factory involved comes from media reports. </span></span></span></b><br />
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is JCY the employer? We are not sure....because today many factory
owner-operators try to avoid employment relationships with the workers
who work in the factory - one way is to get workers from 3rd
parties(known as contractors for labour) who supply the factory with
workers who will be considered employees of the supplying third party -
not the employees of the factory. A move to avoid unionization and
collective agreements. A way to avoid responsibility and obligations for
<span style="color: black;">the promotion and protection of </span>worker
rights, avoid responsibility for violations, etc ... There are other
methods also used to avoid responsibility to workers...That is why we
need to campaign for DIRECT EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP with all the workers
that work at <u>your</u> factory...}</span></span></span> </span></span></span></blockquote>
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protests and action by workers allegedly started with the death of a
Nepali migrant workers, which the workers say the employers were
allegedly negligent in not sending the deceased worker for medical
treatment. Interestingly, a similar issue happened in 2010, and after
worker protest, the situation was resolved vide an agreement by JCY...
it was considered a <span style="color: red;"><b>'Good Practice'</b></span>....but </span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">The foreigners had, on Sunday, protested against the management of a factory, following the death of a Nepali worker.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">On Monday, they demanded higher wages from the management and a mini-clinic to be built in the compound.</span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">- <a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/8/16/nation/20100816183121&sec=nation">Star, 16/8/2010, Foreign workers run riot at factory enclave</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><u>Press Release - 17/8/2010</u> <br /> </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In
response to the recent foreign workers issues at JCY HDD
Technology Sdn. Bhd.’s sub-contractor hostels at Kawasan
Perindustrian Tebrau IV, Johor Bahru, both the company and the
foreign worker representatives have met this afternoon and the
issues had been resolved amicably with the workers returning to work
immediately. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />Among
the key issues highlighted by the foreign workers, the
management had in conjunction with the sub-contactor for the
hostel, shall take remedial actions as summarized below: </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: red;">1.
Company will provide a vehicle and driver on 24 hour standby
at the main hostel to facilitate the emergency transportation of
worker to hospital for any emergency treatments. </span><br />2. The company had agreed to revise and standardize the pay structure of the workers. <br />3.
The criteria for the deduction of salary in relations to
worker coming to factory late shall be revised and improved. <br />4.
On top of the normal workmen compensation benefits, the
company had agreed to improve the contribution to the beneficiary of
the worker. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br />The
management of the company stressed that JCY had always aim
to provide a conducive environment for the workers to work and stay.
The company will continue to work closely with the hostel’s
sub-contractor to take care of the workers welfare and JCY truly
valued the contribution made by the workers and staffs to the
success of the company. - <a href="http://jcyinternational.com/images/pdf/press%20release%20%2017%20aug%202010.pdf" target="_blank">JCY International Website</a></span></b></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The
question arises whether JCY is still complying with the agreement for
once again there is a death of a worker and allegations of failure on
the part of the factory .See -<a href="http://charleshector.blogspot.com/2014/08/1500-migrant-workers-strike-for-36.html">1500 Migrant Workers Strike for 36 Hours Following Death of Migrant Worker</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Allegedly,
some 20 factory workers involved in the earlier protest in Tebrau were
transferred to to the Kulai factory - and there have been allegations of
torture - </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A manager had <span style="color: red;"><b>allegedly forced a group of
foreign workers to play "volleyball with stones" and those who refused
were beaten with a stick.</b></span></span>...
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>the company abused the
workers, mostly Nepalese, on daily basis and they could not take it
anymore.</b></span></span><span style="color: red;"><b>
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"When we make mistakes, they hit us and this is just unfair.</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>"In fact, due to an earlier disagreement, the management even refused to
send us our usual bus and we were forced to walk for about 1 hour to
get to work... - </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- <a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/272793" target="_blank">Malaysiakini, 26/8/2014, Workers torch car in 'stone volleyball' riot</a></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now,
my hope is that the authorities do not just take criminal and other
actions on these workers - but will investigate the ROOT CAUSE - which
from the media reports point the finger to the employer, management,
supervisor, third part contractors, etc...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It would also be best that <span style="color: red;"><b>JCY International </b><span style="color: black;">immediately<b> </b>steps in and resolve this issue as was done in 2010 - for at the end of the day, this really is a labour issue. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Now,
when a large group of workers/people are protesting and claiming
rights, there is likely to be some 'bad apples' that may go overboard,
and as such the workers in general should not be blamed for the acts of a
few. Were the ones who did the 'violence' workers? Were they some
'agent provocateur', some outside trouble maker, some employer's agent,
some....? </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">The
police, if they are going to take action, must focus their action on
the identified few who damaged the car, committed arson, etc - and not
take this opportunity to target worker leaders and the workers
generally. Likewise, action should also be taken against management,
staff or the employer for the 'torture'. We have heard of workers being
arrested, but no employer's representatives - why is that? </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the <span style="color: red;"><b>violence was sparked when the workers were made to play volleyball using a rock as the ball.
Mohanadas </b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>[</i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Malaysian Trade Union Congress Johor secretary K Mohanadas]</i></span> </span></span></span><b>said
that workers told him this was punishment for some 20 workers
transferred from Tebrau to Kulaijaya."The workers also say that the
supervisor threw a stone at one of their private parts, sparking the
violence,” he said. -</b></span></span></span>- <a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/272884" target="_blank">Malaysiakini, 27/8/2014,Factory torched as Kulai riot escalates</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you ' </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b>threw a stone at one of their private parts' </b><span style="color: black;">, I am sure that most people will react. Has the supervisor who allegedly threw the stone at<span style="color: red;"> <span style="color: black;">the
private parts of the worker been investigated or arrested? Has the
manager or the staff who initiated the torture been arrested?</span></span></span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Violence at a Kulai factory escalated last night
with a portion of the factory was torched, after discussions between
worker and factory management fell through.<br /><br />
According to police, 44 workers, mostly of Nepalese origin were detained
following two incidents of rioting, the first of which occurred at 10am
resulting in a torched car.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://lh4.ggpht.com/9WyPL9-WYDcYkA8cOpwT1HnGIRpRGPZbMY5ahOUCDQPV8kV6Y0x1lAom0LKU1H207Pu0mJJi0grySZRrbus=s0" style="float: left; height: 409px; width: 300px;" />Workers
allegedly set ablaze the factory store and damaged three other
buildings owned by the public-listed electronics company JCY
International Bhd by throwing stones at the buildings at about 8pm.<br /><br />
The fire was put out by the fire department at 10.05 pm. No injuries were reported.<br />
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According to Kulaijaya Deputy District Police Chief DSP Mohd Idris
Samsuri, among the rioters, 13 were arrested last night while the rest
were arrested after the earlier incident.<br /><br />
They were arrested under Section 148 of the Penal Code, which deals with possession of missiles at a riot.<br /><br />
“Currently the workers are being remanded and actions to be taken are being discussed with the (Nepalese) embassy.”<br />
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Mohd Idris said the police have also arranged a meeting between
representative of the detained workers and the company management, with
embassy personnel present to act as mediator and translator.<br /><br />
He said that the second rioting incident sparked at about 4pm when a meeting between workers and management “went out of hand”<br /><br />
He said that the management had only agreed to give workers a day off from work, and not accede to other demands.<br /><br /><span style="color: firebrick;"><b>'Beaten if mistakes made at work'</b> </span><br /><br />
According to Malaysian Trade Union Congress Johor secretary K Mohanadas,
the workers had complained of lack of access to medical services and
poor living and work conditions.<br /><br />
“The workers were dissatisfied as the highlighted grievances were not addressed.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://lh4.ggpht.com/OGl9ati_HmRRssL6OzIBD48rnHFBLoV8PWC0ARQGkZIdfhTVCCMT14VCfn7oMzN_hOpkxOQWDdk0-o4EAA=s0" style="float: right; height: 229px; width: 300px;" /><span style="color: red;"><b>“These
include failure to get medical attention, resulting in death in the
Tebrau factory (belonging to the same company), poor living conditions,
no overtime and alleged beating if they make mistakes at work.<br />
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“The hostel condition is really bad with up to 35 people in a shophouse,”</b></span> he said when contacted.<br /><br />
Yesterday, <i>Malaysiakini</i><a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/272793"><b> reported</b></a> that the <span style="color: red;"><b>violence was sparked when the workers were made to play volleyball using a rock as the ball.<br /><br />
Mohanadas said that workers told him this was punishment for some 20 workers transferred from Tebrau to Kulaijaya.<br /><br />
"The workers also say that the supervisor threw a stone at one of their private parts, sparking the violence,” he said.</b></span><br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://lh4.ggpht.com/VV2q-9ved_CfvZBZTL9A5IXL8AU-PfruT-ZX2gP2ONS0yNWZqn3FOHxoDBCHqOK8_1M-r14myOa6Cu5MVY4=s0" style="float: left; height: 339px; width: 300px;" />Asked of claims of abuse, police chief Mohd Idris said that he has no information on this and directed <i>Malaysiakini</i> to the company.<br /><br />
When contacted, the company said it is closed for the day and cannot entertain media queries.<br /><br />
It, however, acknowleged the "unrest" in a filing with Bursa Malaysia.<br /><br />
Mohanadas said the company also told MTUC that it is too busy to speak to union representatives today.<br />
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He added that MTUC has also informed the Bar Council, who is sending a team of lawyers to assist the workers.</span></span></div>
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KAMLES KUMAR is a trainee journalist with <i>Malaysiakini</i>.- <a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/272884" target="_blank">Malaysiakini, 27/8/2014,Factory torched as Kulai riot escalates</a><br />
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factory here set fire to the building Tuesday night after they had
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This was following a strike staged by the workers due to alleged mistreatment by their employers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was reported that they started gathering outside the JCY HDD
Technology Sdn Bhd building from 8am on Tuesday and things got out of
hand when some of them began to hurl stones and other objects at the
management office and set fire to one of the employers’ cars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just <span style="color: red;"><b>last Thursday at the company’s branch at the Tebrau IV
Industrial Area, near Johor Baru, some 1,500 workers also showed their
dissatisfaction over the company’s alleged negligence in handling the
health issue of a worker, leading to his death.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They threw pieces of metal and glass, electronic items, chairs and
boots from their four-storey hostel, smashing the glass windows of a
guard post.- <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/08/27/striking-workers-fire/" target="_blank">Star, 27/8/2014, Striking workers in Kulaijaya torch factory building</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">...Meanwhile, 42 Nepalese workers were arrested following a riot by more
than 800 workers at an electronics manufacturing factory in the Kelapa
Sawit industrial area in Kulaijaya.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Kulaijaya deputy OCPD Deputy Supt Mohad Idris Samsuri said the
workers were picked up after they set fire to the JCY HDD Technology Sdn
Bhd's building along Jalan Gangsa around 8pm on Tuesday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">He said some 1,000 foreign workers had assembled at the area in the
morning. While some dispersed when police arrived, the others remained
to take part in the riot until evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>The riot came in the wake of an incident at another JCY branch at the Tebrau IV industrial area near Johor Baru last Thursday.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">There, <span style="color: red;"><b>some 1,500 workers, apparently unhappy over the company's
handling of a worker's welfare</b></span>, threw pieces of metal and other items
from their four-storey hostel, besides overturning a parked van.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Some <span style="color: red;"><b>60 per cent of those who gathered there were Nepalese nationals</b></span>
and 42 were arrested because they refused to disperse. Instead, they
turned violent," said DSP Mohd Idris on the Kulaijaya riot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Plant general manager, who wanted to be known as Liaw, confirmed that
the plant was not operating yesterday due to Tuesday's incident.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">A statement released by JCY International Bhd yesterday said JCY HDD
Technology, its wholly owned subsidiary, would be temporarily shut.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">It added that the company was taking measures to reach an amicable settlement with the workers. - <a href="http://news.asiaone.com/news/malaysia/unpaid-workers-burn-eatery-malaysia" target="_blank">AsiaOne Malaysia, 28//8/2014, Unpaid workers burn eatery in Malaysia </a></span></blockquote>
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manufacturer <span style="color: red;"><b>JCY International Bhd</b></span> is assessing the impact of the worker
unrest and fire at one of its factories in Kulaijaya, Johor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It said on Wednesday the incident at <b><span style="color: red;">its unit JCY HDD Technology Sdn
Bhd</span></b> the previous day had caused a temporary shutdown of the factory's
operation at that location.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"However, there were <u><b><span style="color: blue;">no major damages to the factories and properties
of the company and its subsidiaries</span></b></u>," it said in a statement to Bursa
Malaysia. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">JCY said the damages to the factories and properties did not pose any
material impact on the financial performance and financial position of
the group for the financial year ending Sept 30, 2014.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"There are no disruptions to all other operations of the group located outside Kulaijaya District," it added.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">JCY said the company was "taking active steps and measures" to
address the matter and to reach an amicable settlement with the workers. - <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2014/08/27/JCY-assessing-impact-of-worker-unrest-fire-at-Johor-plant/" target="_blank">Star, 27/8/2014, JCY assessing impact of worker unrest, fire at Johor plant</a></span><br />
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police arrested 42 foreigners after nearly 1,000 workers rioted at an
electronics goods factory Tuesday. The workers, mostly Nepalese
nationals, were protesting poor working conditions, an endemic issue at
plants employing foreign workers in the Southeast Asian country.<br />
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The rioting sparked fires and destroyed components inside the
factory, which is located in the southern industrial hub of Johor state.
<span style="color: red;"><b> The factory was run by JCY International, a Malaysian company that
manufactures parts for electronics giants such as Samsung Electronics Co
Ltd (KRX:005935), Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501) and Western Digital Corp
(NASDAQ:WDC).</b></span><br />
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The workers in the factory had accused JCY of neglecting working
conditions at the facility following the death of an employee last week
after complaining of chest pain, <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/27/us-malaysia-workers-idUSKBN0GR0RJ20140827" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reuters reported</a>, citing local news reports.<br />
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The Johor factory reportedly suspended operations on Wednesday.<br />
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“This was caused by a misunderstanding between the employer and
employees over the terms of their work,” Mohad Idris Samsuri, the
district's deputy police chief, told Reuters, adding that the arrested
men would be charged under the country's anti-rioting law.<br />
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Meanwhile, JCY issued a statement to investors, saying that the conflict would not impact the company’s business.<br />
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“The company is currently taking active steps and measures to address
the above matter and to reach an amicable settlement with the workers,”
JCY reportedly said in the statement.- <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/malaysian-police-detain-42-foreigners-after-rioting-export-unit-johor-1670750" target="_blank">International Business Times, 27/8/2014</a><br />
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LUMPUR - Malaysian police have arrested 44 men after a riot by up to
1,000 mostly Nepalese workers sparked fires and destroyed parts of an
electronics export factory, highlighting accusations of poor conditions
for many of the estimated four million foreign workers in the South-east
Asian country.<br />
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The riot broke out in Johor on Tuesday at <b><span style="color: red;">a factory run by JCY
International, a Malaysian company that makes parts for electronic
giants including Samsung, Hitachi and Western Digital. </span></b>During the
incident, the workers also stoned the office section of the factory and
burned a car.<br />
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Workers had accused the company of negligence following the death
last Thursday of an employee at a nearby JCY factory who had complained
of chest pains, according to local news reports.<br />
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The unrest spilled over to the company's other factory in Kulaijaya,
police said, culminating in a stand-off between riot police and
protesters - <a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big-story/asia-report/malaysia/story/riot-breaks-out-johor-factory-44-men-arrested-20140828" target="_blank">Straits
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Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-41157582695830508682014-08-25T13:32:00.001-07:002014-08-25T13:32:33.009-07:001500 migrant workers protest death of worker <h2 class="headline" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A worker died - and 1,500 fellow workers protested - they refused to work - well, it is a 'strike'.... </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b>the workers started the strike to show their
dissatisfaction with the factory’s alleged negligence in handling the
health issue of a worker who died of chest problems that day.</b></span></span></span></i> </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, the Star report
calls it a 'riot' - but really, when a fellow worker dies because the
workers believe that it was the employer's fault or negligence, would
not expect some anger and 'outbursts'? We all remember the video
footages of the families of the victims in flight MH370... </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">These workers reacted
because of what happened to a fellow worker - and they are also
concerned about the wellbeing of the deceased worker's family...</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b>“The workers were just concerned that the company would not pay out
the remaining two years’ salary of their deceased countryman as per his
contract. We assured them that the company will pay the salary of any
foreigners who works with our company under a three-year contract – even
if he were to pass away during that period,</b></span>”</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I believe that this demand is reasonable and a good employer would be willing to do this..</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I <span style="color: blue;"><b>hope that Star will follow-up with a report that tell us more</b></span> - and whether the employer does good.... will the employer arrange for the body to be returned back to the family in Nepal..? </span><span style="font-size: small;">What really happened that made the workers so angry...</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When
did the factory become aware of the victims illness/medical condition?
Did they immediately arrange for the worker to be sent to the hospital?</span></span></span> </h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Note
also that the Star report did not reveal the name of the company...why
did they do this? Protecting the employer? What was the name and age of
the victim? What was the agreement reached that the workers decided to
go back to work after 36 hours? </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Factories
must really have some 'health personnel' at their factories, especially
those that have more than 1,000 workers - someone who can provide first
aid and healthcare. They must also have an ambulance or at least some
transport that can speedily send sick or injured workers to the
hospital... This, is not the first case, where workers(migrant workers)
died because of delay of sending a sick worker to hospital. Hopefully,
this employer would do what </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">JCY HDD Technology Sdn. Bhd <i>(<span style="font-weight: normal;">follow the link below), </span></i><span style="font-weight: normal;">which amongst others was </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><b>"</b></span></span></i></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Company
will provide a vehicle and driver on 24 hour standby at the main hostel
to facilitate the emergency transportation of worker to hospital for
any emergency treatments.</b>.....</i></span></span></i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>On
top of the normal workmen compensation benefits, the company had agreed
to improve the contribution to the beneficiary of the worker. </i></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Star must also be praised because sadly many media outlets just do not bother about worker issues... </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">See also related posts:- </span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://charleshector.blogspot.com/2014/01/will-ag-charge-employer-for-death-of.html">Will
the AG charge the employer for the death of the Nepali worker in Pokok
Sena, Kedah? Will there be an autopsy to determine cause of death? </a></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://charleshector.blogspot.com/2011/07/remembering-jcy-workers-protest-maybe.html">Remembering the JCY's 5,000 Workers Protest 2010 - maybe the biggest workers' protest in Malaysia for many years</a></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">JOHOR BARU: <span style="color: red;"><b>Some 1,500 Nepalese
have refused to go to work for more than 36 hours at a mechanical
component manufacturing plant</b></span> and even flung things out of their living
quarters in protest following the death of a colleague.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> They threw out pieces of metal and glass, electronic products,
chairs and boots from their four-storey hostel, smashing the glass
windows of the guard’s post, while some turned a parked van to its side.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The drama started to unfold on Thursday evening at the hostel which
is located a stone’s throw away from the plant in Jalan Firma 3 at the
Tebrau IV industrial area here.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> According to sources, <span style="color: red;"><b>the workers started the strike to show their
dissatisfaction with the factory’s alleged negligence in handling the
health issue of a worker who died of chest problems that day.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The factory’s management went to the living quarters yesterday and
spoke to the workers to find out their concerns. Its executive director
Datuk Tan Shih Leng denied that they had neglected the deceased’s
initial complaints of chest pains. He said the management had given him
medical leave earlier to recover before he died at the hospital.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: red;"><b>“The workers were just concerned that the company would not pay out
the remaining two years’ salary of their deceased countryman as per his
contract. We assured them that the company will pay the salary of any
foreigners who works with our company under a three-year contract – even
if he were to pass away during that period,</b></span>” he said.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: red;"><b>According to him, factory workers who passed away after exceeding
the three-year contract period would get a RM10,000 compensation on top
of insurance claims.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Tan said that the workers had agreed to go back to work during the factory’s 7pm shift on Friday. - <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/08/24/Nepali-workers-riot-over-colleagues-death/" target="_blank">Star, 24/8/2014,Nepali workers riot over colleague’s death </a></span></span></div>
Charles Hectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962669552161424734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725029390299629273.post-87048397449992335542014-06-28T03:42:00.000-07:002014-06-28T03:42:15.272-07:002.6 million documented migrant workers in Malaysia (24/10/2013)
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">THERE are some <span style="color: red;">2.6 million
registered foreign workers in the country who hold a valid pass </span>from the
Immigration Department, says Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wan Junaidi
Tuanku Jaafar.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> However, he said the actual number of illegal
immigrants in the country could not be ascertained at this time as most
of them had registered under the <i>6P Bersepadu </i>legalisation programme implemented earlier.</span></span><br />
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The Government, said Wan Junaidi, had also carried out 331 operations
on businesses from January to September this year and as a result, 15
employers were arrested.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> “A total of 9,630 illegal immigrants were deported to their respective countries.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> “The ministry has registered over 1.3 million illegal immigrants under the <i>6P Bersepadu </i>programme to weed out illegal immigrants,” he told Datuk Shamsul Anuar Nasarah (BN-Lenggong).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
Shamsul Anuar had asked the ministry to state the number of illegal
immigrants in the country and the estimated number of illegals who could
not be traced as well as the solution to manage them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Wan
Junaidi also said the authorities were concerned over the high number of
illegal immigrants in Sabah, adding that various steps were being taken
under the 6P operations to tackle the problem in the state.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> “So
far, 99 operations have been carried out in Sabah as of Sept 1, in which
1,821 foreigners were vetted and 532 arrested under the Immigration
Act,” he added.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> On the plan to use the newly introduced I-Kad for
foreign workers, Wan Junaidi said it would be divided into eight
sectors with specific colours to identify the workers in their field.</span></span><br />
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“However, a higher cost will be incurred for advanced features on the
card, which can identify and locate the foreign workers,” he said,
adding that the cost had not yet been determined by the Cabinet.</span></span><br />
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He said the reason for the high number of foreign workers in the country
was due to locals who did not want to fill job opportunities in certain
sectors.- <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/10/24/26-million-registered-foreign-workers/">The Star, 24/10/2013, Parliament: 2.6 million registered foreign workers </a></span></span></div>
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