"Workers at mould-making plant not paid for 3 months, claims activist,"

Close to 200 Bangladeshi workers employed by a ceramic former and specialist gloves mould manufacturer have gone without pay for three months, a migrant worker rights activist has claimed.

Andy Hall said based on information gathered by a team member helping the workers claim their rights, some 190 of them have not received their basic pay for three months or payment for overtime work for the past five months.

The workers are also in debt after paying exorbitant recruitment fees in the hope of finding jobs in Malaysia, he said...

They also alleged that they are being put up in poor living conditions and are not allowed to keep their passports...

However, he said local and international buyers of the company’s moulds that he has engaged with in the past few days have helped to address the situation, and the company has agreed to settle the outstanding salaries by the end of this month.

About 50 workers from the group were reported to have filed a complaint against the company at the labour department yesterday...