More needed to protect Sarawakians in oil palm sector jobs


Illegal: These Indonesian labourers hauling baskets of freshly harvested oil palm fruits. These labourers numbering over 400,000 cross into Sarawak to seek employment. - filepic

SOMETIMES I admire Land Development Minister Tan Sri James Masing for his outspoken views and his attack on extremists.

However, I have to disagree with him on the issue of oil palm plantations and foreign workers.

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