Shipping containers, dank with the stench of stale urine, were converted into living quarters for migrant workers.<br /><br />That is the scenario authorities reported they found migrant workers to be living in during a raid on a glove maker Laglove (M) Sdn Bhd’s premises in Batu 13, Kajang on Monday.<br /><br />Human Resources Minister M Saravanan had joined the raid and was shocked by what he saw.<br /><br />“I cannot believe such places exist in Malaysia and I’m not sure how they could live in such filthy and terrible conditions.<br /><br />“I call this ‘modern slavery’ and employers need to ensure their workers' welfare is protected.<br /><br />“Local government should have already identified such places. If the Department of Labour Peninsular Malaysia (JTKSM) did not come today, perhaps we wouldn’t have known about this place.<br /><br />“I’m very sad to see such conditions… although we have seen it during British colonisation,” Saravanan is reported to have told reporters after the raid.
