Covid-19: Baleh dam contractors who hired undocumented foreigners to face severe action


KUCHING: State-owned utility Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB) will take action against contractors at the Baleh hydroelectric dam project who employed foreign workers without valid work permits, says the state Utilities Ministry.

Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi (pic) said 60 contract workers at the Baleh site were found to lack the necessary permits during the screening of workers after a local employee from Kapit tested positive for Covid-19 on April 18.

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