18 foreign workers rescued from vegetable factory, three women arrested


IPOH: Police have rescued 18 foreigners who have not been paid three months' worth of wages at a vegetable processing and packing factory in Kampung Kepayang here.

Perak Criminal Investigation Department chief Senior Asst Comm Yahya Abd Rahman said the foreign workers, 12 from Bangladesh and six from Myanmar, aged between 20s and 40s, were rescued during a raid on Tuesday (Aug 28) at about 9.15am.

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