Penniless and unemployed, foreign workers hoping to secure jobs before Ramadan

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The workers are also hoping to secure a job so they can repay their debts.    Read More:   https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/12/26/penniless-and-unemployed-foreign-workers-hoping-to-secure-jobs-before-ramadan/    Laporan Lanjut:   https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/12/26/tiada-duit-buruh-asing-harap-dapat-kerja-sebelum-ramadan/    Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.      Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW   Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG   Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP    #FMTNews #KawaguchiManufacturing #ForeignWorkers #UnpaidWages

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00:00More than 200 foreign workers at Kawaguchi Manufacturing Senior Berhad, who had endured

00:06seven months without salaries, are clinging to the hope of securing new jobs before the

00:10fasting month begins in February.

00:13Despite a recent mediation where Kawaguchi agreed to settle the overdue salaries, beginning

00:18with RM1,000 on January 15th, the workers' futures remain uncertain.

00:22One of the workers, Farouk 37, said they were having sleepless nights, fearing they might

00:27not be paid at all.

00:29Currently, he said they rely on meals sponsored by Daikin Industries Ltd, funded by a US$12,000

00:35donation which will only last until December 29th.

00:38Mohosin, another worker, plans to use his first payment to settle debts with a sundry

00:43shop where he and others have been buying essentials on credit.

00:47The shop had stopped allowing them to buy on credit as payments had been delayed, he

00:51said.

00:52Nayem 23 faces added pressure as he had mortgaged his family's home in Bangladesh to fund his

00:58job in Malaysia.

01:00He fears the bank will seize his home and evict his family as he is unable to service

01:03the loan.

01:04Last Thursday, after a peaceful protest, Kawaguchi agreed to pay their 251 workers, addressing

01:10unpaid wages totaling more than RM3 million since May.

01:14Natasha Bust, FMT News.

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