He’s dead, how does the family go on?
Hundreds of thousands of foreign labourers travel to Malaysia to earn a living in jobs labelled “3D” – dirty, dangerous and difficult. Often, they are the sole breadwinners for their families. Sometimes, they die in workplace accidents. What happens to their families, hundreds or thousands of kilometres away? The Star takes a look at the workers’ compensation issue.
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