More than 1,000 foreign workers given job placements under new employers, says HR Ministry

PUTRAJAYA: A total of 1,058 foreign workers who were abandoned after being promised jobs have been placed with new employers as of Nov 9, says the Human Resources Ministry.

The Ministry said, in a statement Saturday (Nov 25), that the workers, who have been jobless for over three months, were helped in an operation with the cooperation of the Immigration Department and the police after a rescue committee was formed under the Labour Department.