Ex-workers of defunct Sabah timber company urged to move on, find alternative employment


KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government has taken several measures out of compassion to help former workers of the defunct Sabah Forest Industries (SFI) Sdn Bhd since 2019 and during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister Datuk Abidin Madingkir said this included payment of their salaries and Employees Provident Fund (EPF), with the latest being payment of some RM798,000 on electricity bills incurred by the former SFI workers.

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