KUALA LUMPUR: Five manufacturing companies involving foreign investors closed down during the May-September period, involving investments worth RM308.7mil, said Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Ong Kian Ming.
Subsequently, 362 local workers were also laid off following the closures which were due to business decisions and not because of the transition in the government, he said.
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