Activist pleads for PM’s intervention in foreign worker issue


MELAKA: A labour rights activist is making a desperate appeal to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to quickly resolve the issue of foreign worker recruitment.

John Gananathan (pic), chairman of the International Workers Defence Organisation that advocates for the rights of foreign workers, said Anwar has insight into the issue.

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