Foreign workers in a state of uncertainty


By RENA

Worrying times: (From left) Monir and Hamzah with the other workers hanging outside their bedroom quarters near a construction site off Penang Road in George Town.

GEORGE TOWN: Indonesian labourer Hamzah Voho has to put up with about 20 other foreigners in a container home near a construction site off Penang Road here.

“When we stopped working after the movement control order (MCO) started, we were told that we will receive health screenings.

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