Migrant workers abandoned amid Covid-19 control 


Aminah Farid

Migrant workers with their groceries during the movement-control order at Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur. Many foreign workers are unable to feed themselves after their bosses abandoned them during the MCO. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, April 1, 2020.

MIGRANT workers have been left stranded and hungry by their employers since the Covid-19 movement-control order (MCO) came into effect, said Tenaganita director Aegile Fernandez.

The employers have abandoned the migrant workers, leaving them without food and wages at their workplaces, she said.


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  • Now lets see what our new Human Resource Minister will do. All the employers who abandoned their migrant workers or not looking after them during this trying times must be punished with jail sentence and fines. This is the only way we can get the employers to be more responsible. Many ministers have made a boo-boo of their actions. Now lets see if the HR minster will do any better. The PM should look into this as well.

    Posted 3 years ago by Elyse Gim