Malaysia does not condone forced and child labour


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia does not condone any act of forced labour and child labour in oil palm plantations as alleged by the reports of the United States Department of Labour (DoL).

In the past five reports in the US DoL’s List of Goods Produced by Child Labour or Forced Labour for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, Malaysia has been listed as one of the countries practising forced labour in the oil palm industry.

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