
Over 20,000 refugees yet to register with UHCR - minister
As at December 2020, 178,610 refugees and asylum seekers had registered with UNHCR office in Malaysia.

As at December 2020, 178,610 refugees and asylum seekers had registered with UNHCR office in Malaysia.

UPDATED 6.19PM | Amendment to workers' housing act compels employers to improve worker accommodation.

They face up to three years imprisonment and a maximum fine of RM200,000, warns M Saravanan.

Employers who have not done the tests on their foreign workers must do so immediately, says HR Ministry.

MIC deputy president M Saravanan faces questions over maskless garlanding.

UPDATED 11PM | P Ramasamy says Chettiar temple 'emboldened' with intervention by Human Resources Minister.

UPDATED 3.15PM | War of words between Muhyiddin's coalition partners keeps heating up.

Hindus can celebrate and pray at home, says Human Resources Minister M Saravanan.

COVID-19 | Minister says the manufacturing and construction companies have been warned on this matter.

It will allow workers to inform govt of employers who neglect their welfare.

'Before we arrived at the factory, the employer moved workers out in order to evade authorities,' says Saravanan.


COVID-19 | Saravanan adds it's common for any employer to issue denial when faced with allegations of modern slavery.

Effectively, 9 out of 10 foreign workers are housed in quarters below minimum standards of living.

COVID-19 | Screening cost will be borne by employers, says Saravanan.


UPDATED 9.27PM | Shipping containers converted into living quarters for migrant workers of a glove factory smelt of urine, says Saravanan.

Unemployment rate recorded downward trend from 4.6pct in Sept to 4.5pct this month.


All seemed to be good when Saravanan visited us two to three months ago, says its executive chairperson.

It is reported that Human Resources Minister M Saravanan visited the accommodations a few days ago.

Human resource minister says 737,500 people have been unemployed as of September.

The deceased uploaded a 14-minute video on YouTube claiming racial discrimination against him at work.
