| Milan Karki |
Posted
on 16-Oct-01 09:56 AM
Dear Friends,
I want to focus your mind towards the following news written about the situation of cheated Nepalese Workers in Malaysia which is published in Nepal's Populer Daily Newspaper Kantipur on 14 Oct. I want to remind that I had written about this issue before some weeks for your concern.
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Hundreds of Nepali labourers ask for govt. help
(Kantipur Online Report)
KATHMANDU, Oct. 14 – Hundreds of Nepalis who had made their way to Malaysia after signing job contracts have appealed to the government for help after failing to receive facilities as per their labour
contract.
Several letters sent to Kantipur Publications recently by migrant Nepali labours in Malaysia said cases where they had not received facilities as per contracts from different Malaysian companies had
increased dramatically in recent months and that they had sent similar letter to the government describing their plight.
About 25,000 Nepalis had gone to Malaysia following Malaysian Government’s decision to provide jobs to some 50,000 Nepali labourers. However, several workers are now saying that they had appealed to
the Nepali government for help because the working condition and treatment was unbearable and intolerable.
In one case, a group of 85 Nepali workers who had gone to Malaysia through a man-power agency in Kathmandu and currently working at GCT Furniture Industry, last week wrote a letter to the Ministry of
Labour requesting the Nepal government help to rescue them what whet they termed "injustices."
The letter, which was also received by Kantipur Publications alleged that the workers were constantly harassed by the police when asked for facilities promised to them by the industry
The Ministry of Labour and Transport has said it will investigate the allegation as soon as possible. The Ministry also asked the group to return back to their work until a solution could be found. (rk)
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We know, you have given your mind in this issue. However, we kindly requst you for your serious action for the protection of the rights of our Nepalese Workers cheated by the Government of Malaysia and Nepal and the Manpower Agency frauds. I request you to write the letter to the following sectors immeditely:
Head of Government of Nepal
Prime Minister: Sher Bahadur Deuba
Office of the Prime Minister
Singhdurbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Head of State of Malaysia
Paramount Ruler: Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Office of H.M. the Paramount Ruler
Istana Negara
50500 Kuala Lumpur
Telephone: (+60 3) 2388332; 2388311
Facsimile: (+60 3) 2304646
Head of Government of Malaysia
Prime Minister: Dr. Mahathir bin Mohammed
Office of the Prime Minister
Jalan Dato Onn
50502 Kuala Lumpur
Telephone: (+60 3) 2321957; 2301957
Telex: 33099
Facsimile: (+60 3) 2984172
International Labor Organization
Director-General: Guan Somavia
Office of the Director-General
4, route des Morillons
CH-1211 Geneva 22
Switzerland
Phone: 41.22.799.6019
Fax: +41.22.799.8533
E-mail: somavia@ilo.org; cabinet@ilo.org
ILO Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific in Bangkok (ASIE)
Phone: 66.2.288.1710: Reg. Director
Fax: 66.2.288.3062
E-mail: bangkok@ilo.org
For more information, I invite you to visit our site: www.hurpec.org.
Thanks for your kind consideration.
Sincerely
Milan Karki
President
Human Rights and Peace Campaign (HURPEC) Nepal
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