'Interns not free labour' - student dons signboard to fight exploitation

Amiera SolihanPublished: Jun 16, 2023 12:40 AM | Updated: Jun 16, 2023 4:15 AM

Public university student Rashifa Aljunied, 24, has spent the last three days walking around campus with a sandwich board that reads “interns are not free labour”.

She is hoping her protest would draw attention to the plight of students undergoing their industrial attachments and convince the government to put an end to the exploitation.

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