Malaysian couple fined for exploiting staff at their Brisbane restaurants

PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian couple and their companies have been fined more than A$200,000 (over RM670,000) for exploiting Malaysian and Taiwanese workers at their three Japanese restaurants in Brisbane, Australia, said a report on SBS.com.

The report said Lee Wee Song and Siew Lay Yeoh, who were fined A$40,500 (RM137,300) and A$32,400 (RM109,800) respectively, were found to have underpaid five visa-holding workers at their Teppanyaki Lovers and Nigi Nigi restaurants in the Brisbane CBD, and Ku-O in the suburb of Sunnybank.