Plantation industries minister: Plantation labour study complete, to be sent to US Dept of Labour
Wednesday, 05 Aug 2020 08:19 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — A study on the Labour Situation in the Plantation Sector has been completed and will be handed over to the Department of Labour of the United States soon, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali. The study was carried out to prove Malaysia upheld good labour practices and complying with needs of best practices and labour laws, simultaneously stating the national stand in opposing forced labour practices.
“We conducted the study and it is completed, and in fact received the approval of the Cabinet and will be handed over to DOL soon,” he told a media conference at Parliament Building, here.
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