20 'forced labourers' owed RM7,000 in wages each flee glove maker

Twenty Bangladeshi workers who have allegedly been working under forced labour conditions and owed at least RM7,000 in wages each have called it quits and fled latex glove and condom maker SSN Medical Products Sdn Bhd in Balakong, Selangor.

But instead of paying the workers what they were allegedly owed, in response, the firm swiftly replaced them with Myanmar contract workers, the Bangladeshi workers told Malaysiakini.

Six of those who left were workers who had been pleading to be sent home after failing their medical tests last year - but their pleas had fallen on deaf ears, said Khan Sagor, 34, who represents the Bangladeshi workers...