More than a thousand foreign workers at a mechanical component factory in Johor Baru refused to work for more than 36 hours after the death of a fellow Nepalese worker.
Last Thursday, the workers, mostly Nepalese nationals, threw down metal pieces and glass from their four-storey accommodation quarters to the ground as a sign of protest against conditions at the factory in Jalan Firma 3, at the Tebrau IV industrial area.
The Star Online‘s Xee Xiang Yun reported that the foreign workers were protesting the alleed negligence of the factory’s management, which resulted in the death of a Nepalese worker from chest pains on Thursday.
As of Saturday, the workers were still refusing to go to work, and there was no clear indication as to what their demands were in exchange for recommencing work.
A representative of the factory denied that management had nelgected the deceased’s complaints of chest pains, and had given the worker medical leave in order for him to recover.
