Sabah Forest Industries (SFI) has been urged to come clean on their rights record, following its insistence that it has “never withdrawn any benefits” from its employees.

Sabah Timber Industries Employees Union (STIEU) secretary-general Engrit Liaw in a statement yesterday said union members employed at the pulp and paper manufacturing company are yet to receive their Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributions for November and December last year.

"We note that even though the mill has been shut since October, SFI had been paying workers’ salaries. However the issue of union recognition, which has been denied for almost three decades, remains a grave concern,” said Liaw.