…After reluctantly moving to the new location, Ahmed and his friends found that it was worse than the first…

One of the workers, aged 36 or 37, suffered a heart attack, and his friends took him to a nearby hospital after Ravi and Derek refused to act. He was given medicines and brought back to the room.

He then became desperate to return home to his family, but Ravi and Derek told him that he must pay for his own ticket.

Ahmed and his friends managed to pool some money and borrowed the difference to buy him a flight ticket home…

The group consists of 34 people currently. Ravi and Derek keep dividing and relocating the workers to prevent them from sharing information with each other…

Ahmed said the 20 workers who were sent to Penang were not only forced to do hard labour but also not paid…

Ahmed and his friends are currently being held as bonded slaves. “Derek said we need to pay him RM7,000 to get our passports back. And every week we delay, the price goes up by another RM1,000,” Ahmed said.

Derek also told them that for another RM4,500, they can renew their visas which will expire at the end of the year…