00:00The Selangor Labour Department is investigating claims of unpaid wages and other forced labour
00:07indicators by a group of Bangladeshi workers at a factory in Klang that supplies components
00:12to major electronics companies.
00:15In an email to the company and its major customers, migrant rights activist Andy Hall shared a
00:20report based on interviews with seven workers, which details their allegations of forced
00:25labour.
00:26The report claims that the workers have not been paid for up to six months, causing them
00:30and their families severe distress.
00:34They also allegedly paid exorbitant recruitment fees through loans, worsening their financial
00:39difficulties.
00:40According to the report, the workers are forced to work seven days a week, including public
00:45holidays, without overtime pay.
00:48The report also claimed that the workers lived in overcrowded dormitories, with many sharing
00:53a single room.
00:54It also said the toilet facilities provided were unhygienic, worsening their poor living
00:58conditions.
00:59A source from the Human Resources Ministry told FMT that the Selangor Labour Department
01:05is investigating the claims, while another source said the department is preparing a
01:09report on the workers' alleged mistreatment.
01:11FMT has reached out to the Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur for comment, and
01:16is withholding the company's name pending a response.
01:19Sam Witrow, FMT News.
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