Families of workers killed, injured not getting compensation, says union

Members of the Timber Employees Union of Peninsular Malaysia at the launch of the report titled ‘No Compensation, No Justice: Dead and Injured Migrant Workers in New Malaysia’.

Its secretary-general, Nor Azlan Yaacob, said the government must take note of employers who refuse to compensate their workers and offer “lots of excuses” instead.“Many families registered as next of kin have been waiting for more than two years for some good news,” Azlan said at the launch of a report titled “No Compensation, No Justice: Dead and Injured Migrant Workers in New Malaysia”.

“Some of the employers refuse to compensate their workers and lots of excuses are given,” Azlan said. Azlan urged the government to ensure that compensation is paid to the families of migrant workers who died or were injured even before the Socso employment injury scheme for foreign workers came into effect this year.

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