Glove maker WRP Asia banned from US over alleged forced labour

PETALING JAYA: The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has blocked the import of disposable rubber gloves from a Malaysian company suspected to have been made with forced labour.

Sepang-based rubber maker WRP Asia was one of five companies – which included a garment maker from China, a group of artisanal gold miners from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a diamond mining company from Zimbabwe and a bone black manufacturer from Brazil – that have been issued a Withhold Release Orders on Monday (Sept 30).