Klang factories in trouble over 'appalling' foreign worker quarters


KLANG: A total of 526 foreign workers have been found living in miserable conditions at makeshift hostels provided by their employers in the industrial hub of Klang, according to the Human Resources Ministry.

The unsatisfactory living conditions were discovered by officers from the Peninsular Malaysia Labour Department under the ministry during a surprise inspection operation of three wood and rubber product factories near Aman Perdana on Wednesday (Jan 25).

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