Estate operator allows workers to keep their passports


Sabahmas Plantations estate manager Henry Jubair explaining the passport locker system to Chief of the Indonesian Consul-General’s Office in Tawau, Sulistijo Djati Ismojo while Wilmar Sabah operations general manager Kiaw Che Weng (left) looks on.

KOTA KINABALU: Plantation workers of Wilmar International Limited’s estates in Lahad Datu have the liberty to keep their own passports.

Previously, they needed to wait at least a day before they could get their passports from employers if they wished to head to the town or other places.

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