Fahmi wants media companies to immediately settle owed salaries

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil wants media organisations that owe salary arrears to their staff to settle the payments immediately.

He described the act of not paying the salaries of media practitioners for several months as totally unacceptable.

“I feel this is not appropriate. Media organisations are obliged to settle salary arrears of their workers,” he said when met here today.

Fahmi is currently on a three-day working visit to South Korea from Sept 30.

He said he is also willing to act as an intermediary between media practitioners and their respective employers to find the best solution to the issue.

Earlier, the National Union Journalists of Malaysia (NUJM) and Gerakan Media Merdeka (Geramm) urged the employers who represent The Malaysian Insight and The Vibes to immediately settle the salary arrears that have not been paid for several months.

They said the matter is clearly a form of oppression and thus reflects the weakness of management on the part of the employers themselves.

- Bernama

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