ursday, July 22nd:
10.30am: Handover of memo to Minister of Defence, to guarantee safety of Sgt. Tharmendran
(MINDEF, Jln Padang Tembak, KL)
1.30pm: Solidarity with Fadiah Fikri
(MACC, Rumah Perseketuan, Jln Sultan Hishamuddin, KL)
Unbelievable. They’re doing it again.
Fadiah Fikri, from Lawyers for Liberty, the nicest person you’ll meet, is a relentless crusader for human rights. The attempt by her and others to speak up for the rights of migrant workers exploited in the construction of new Istana Negara, has now got her hauled up for questioning with the MACC on Thursday.
Said Istana Negara has a price tag of RM 800 million, but it appears that that only covers crony fees, and left nothing for payment to the human beings that are actually building the place (like the pyramids, built on slave labour).
While no action against has been taken against a single employer, and idiots like Ezam Nor yelp and scream about derhaka and racism, it is the brave few who dare to speak up for the downtrodden that are hauled up.
Don’t stand for this nonsense, Jangan jadi satu lagi Teoh Beng Hock! Stand together with Fadiah tomorrow at the MACC!
(and if you can, join what will likely be many of the same people in the morning, to stand up for Tharmendran)
The Star:
Many foreign workers hired to build the new RM800mil Istana Negara claim they have not been paid over the last three months despite working seven days a week.
Living in fear and frustration, the workers alleged they were exploited and cheated and held to ransom by their employers because many of them do not have work permits.
There are more than 1,000 migrant workers from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal and Vietnam hired by more than 130 sub-contractors who are involved in the Jalan Duta palace project.
Most of them stay in kongsi or long wooden houses near the construction site.
According to workers interviewed by The Star, some employers threatened to call the police when they persisted in asking for their wages.
Several workers even claimed they were harassed by the police and Rela officers and that their possessions like mobile phones, cigarettes and canned drinks were confiscated.
Indonesian Punawi, 32, who does plastering work, said he had not been paid for five months and barely had any money left for food.
“I only manage with one meal a day and that’s because the foodstall owner allows me to eat on credit. My work permit has expired and I don’t have RM3,000 to renew it,” he added.
Jatim, 37, said their employer would hold back their wages for three to four months and they would subsequently be paid a month’s salary.
Some employers, he claimed, would extend loans of RM50 to RM100 per week to the workers, leaving them in debt.
Jatim’s wife, Salimah, 32, who lives with him at the kongsi near the construction site with their five-month-old baby, said they often lived in fear of police raids.
“Each time there is a raid, I grab my baby and run. Some of us have to spend the night in the jungle to escape the authorities.”
10.30am: Handover of memo to Minister of Defence, to guarantee safety of Sgt. Tharmendran
(MINDEF, Jln Padang Tembak, KL)
1.30pm: Solidarity with Fadiah Fikri
(MACC, Rumah Perseketuan, Jln Sultan Hishamuddin, KL)
Fadiah on the right
Fadiah Fikri, from Lawyers for Liberty, the nicest person you’ll meet, is a relentless crusader for human rights. The attempt by her and others to speak up for the rights of migrant workers exploited in the construction of new Istana Negara, has now got her hauled up for questioning with the MACC on Thursday.
Said Istana Negara has a price tag of RM 800 million, but it appears that that only covers crony fees, and left nothing for payment to the human beings that are actually building the place (like the pyramids, built on slave labour).
While no action against has been taken against a single employer, and idiots like Ezam Nor yelp and scream about derhaka and racism, it is the brave few who dare to speak up for the downtrodden that are hauled up.
Don’t stand for this nonsense, Jangan jadi satu lagi Teoh Beng Hock! Stand together with Fadiah tomorrow at the MACC!
(and if you can, join what will likely be many of the same people in the morning, to stand up for Tharmendran)
The Star:
Living in fear and frustration, the workers alleged they were exploited and cheated and held to ransom by their employers because many of them do not have work permits.
There are more than 1,000 migrant workers from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal and Vietnam hired by more than 130 sub-contractors who are involved in the Jalan Duta palace project.
Most of them stay in kongsi or long wooden houses near the construction site.
According to workers interviewed by The Star, some employers threatened to call the police when they persisted in asking for their wages.
Several workers even claimed they were harassed by the police and Rela officers and that their possessions like mobile phones, cigarettes and canned drinks were confiscated.
Indonesian Punawi, 32, who does plastering work, said he had not been paid for five months and barely had any money left for food.
“I only manage with one meal a day and that’s because the foodstall owner allows me to eat on credit. My work permit has expired and I don’t have RM3,000 to renew it,” he added.
Jatim, 37, said their employer would hold back their wages for three to four months and they would subsequently be paid a month’s salary.
Some employers, he claimed, would extend loans of RM50 to RM100 per week to the workers, leaving them in debt.
Jatim’s wife, Salimah, 32, who lives with him at the kongsi near the construction site with their five-month-old baby, said they often lived in fear of police raids.
“Each time there is a raid, I grab my baby and run. Some of us have to spend the night in the jungle to escape the authorities.”
1 comment:
This is the type of real news that the Malaysian bn govt denies.
This is the type of news that will get the messenger into trouble with the police and anti corruption agency.
Fadiah will be interrogated for hours for bringing this subject up to the public.
Only in Malaysia that this type of news will be considered as Seditious.
The Penans juvenile girls was raped but the police interrogate a Pakatan MP from Kuala Lumpur for highlighting such rape cases.
Rahim Thambi Chik raped a girl but it was Lim Guan Eng that had to spend years in prison.
Anwar spend years in a prison not because of sodomy but because of allege corruption.
Anwar didn't even pocketed a single cent from the "corruption" case.
This proves that there are no separation of powers in Malaysia.
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