ခင္ေဇာ္ႏွင့္အဖြဲ႕ေနာက္ဆံုးသတင္း

Latest Situation of Khin Zaw and His Eight Other Friends

Around 11:20 am, Ko Harun, Khin Zaw and Kyaw Hlaing Win went to TENAGANITA SDN BHD office. Pusenthi P. Manaim, the programme officer discussed with them how to carry on the case. About 3 pm, Mr. Andre Shum, the Managing Director of Vm Capital SDN BHD arrived at TENAGANITA office. On behalf of the owner of Sea House Food industry, Andre Shum complained that Khin Zaw and his friends did the wrong way (it meant that Khin Zaw and friends informing the police). In such kind of case, informing the police is not relevant according to the Malaysian law, said Andre. Andre pointed out, according to the Malaysian law, foreign workers have no right to oppose or boycott their employer and if the workers did, they would be deported back to their origin of country.

The root cause of this problem was that the employer forced the employees to work without unlimited working-hours everyday.

Ms Sani has tried to compromise between workers and Mr. Andre Shum, the representative of the employer. Mr. Andre agreed on the condition, if the workers go back to work, the workers will be paid their two months wages which were previously kept as deposit money by the employer. Mr. Andre Shum said that his boss has been facing with financial difficulties at present and consequently paying wages for the workers had to be delayed. If the workers worked with the spirit of family members themselves, there would not be any problems, said Mr. Andre.

After that, a consensus was reached between Pusenthi P. Manaim and Mr. Andre Shum that next week the factory owner would invite Pusenthi P. Manim and Ko Harun to visit the factory to check the situation of workers in terms of working and living condition.

At present, Khin Zaw and Kyaw Hlaing Win have already returned to the house which is provided by their employer.

During the case of those workers, Ko Huran and Ko Tun Tun provided necessary financial assistance while workers communicating with the NGO.

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