Sarawak power company starts weeding out illegal workers after Covid-19 cluster emerges


Desmond Davidson

The cluster at the Baleh hydroelectric dam construction site, named the Putai cluster, has reported 577 Covid-19 cases as of Tuesday. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, April 29, 2021.

STATE-OWNED power utility company, Sarawak Energy Bhd, will conduct a physical site compliance audit to weed out illegal foreign workers at its Covid-19-hit Baleh hydroelectric dam construction site.

Utilities Minister Dr Stephen Rundi said the SEB audit would be conducted as soon as the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) – in effect from Tuesday until May 26 – is lifted.


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