LEGAL ACTION AGAINST COMPANY ALLEGED TO HAVE CHEATED FOREIGN WORKERS

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13 (Bernama) - Human Resource Minister Dr S.
Subramaniam said Thursday that the Manpower Department would take legal action
against a company for violating several conditions in the hiring of foreign
workers.

He said the company, Gateway Saujana Corporation Sdn Bhd, was alleged to
have not paid the salary of 74 workers from Bangladesh and also for failing to
report to the authority on its recruitment of the foreign workers.

"The work permits of some of the foreign workers expire tomorrow," he said
in a statement here Thursday.

Dr Subramaniam was commenting on a report in a newspaper today on claims by
the foreign workers that they were cheated by the company.

He said the ministry viewed seriously the matter and had asked the Manpower
Department to investigate the report.

Officers from the Manpower Department and the Immigration Department, who
went to see the workers at their lodging in Bandar Sri Damansara, Petaling Jaya,
found that they were not paid their salaries, he added.

--BERNAMA