Datuk nabbed for worker abuse


Immigration Department director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali (right) talking with some of the the Indonesian workers at a birds nest processing center during a raid in Klang.

KLANG: A 29-year-old man with a Datuk title who ran a bird’s nest cultivation factory here has been arrested after authorities discovered that its workers were forced to work without rest days.

The Datuk and the workers were caught by surprise in the raid at the factory located at Jalan Pasar here at 10.45am yesterday.

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