Minister 'shocked and ashamed' by workers' squalid living quarters

Published: Dec 21, 2020 10:55 AM | Updated: Dec 25, 2020 12:06 AM

Shipping containers, dank with the stench of stale urine, were converted into living quarters for migrant workers.

That is the scenario authorities reported they found migrant workers to be living in during a raid on a glove maker Laglove (M) Sdn Bhd’s premises in Batu 13, Kajang...

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