COMMENT The strike at the Kelapa Sawit industrial area in Johor on Wednesday, after a strike against the same employer at Tebrau a day earlier have given us a clear warning that government must conduct a thorough study and investigate migrant workers' issues.

The government must first investigate the accusations made by the migrant workers against their employer, including on working long hours and low wages, poor lodging facilities and their ill-treatment by certain administrative staff...