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A leopard will never change it's spots....eveyone of us are just digits...go F spider Dr. Chan Heng Chee!!
This story started with an abusive employer, but what got me interested was the role played by the government departments. From this, you can see that they were not at all interested in helping workers. Mediation became story-telling in the hope of discouraging the workers from pressing their claims. No mention is made of the company being prosecuted for violating our Employment Act.
The police held people for overstaying without a shred of evidence that they were overstayers.
The ICA held people in an armlock, getting them to fund their own flight home, with or without being paid their wages.
They all just want to get rid of the problem, with no regard for justice, law or rights. The source of the problem is the employer, but by action or inaction, our government is abetting all these abuses, ranging from cheating people of their wages, to robbery of their handphones, to kidnap.
It's not just bad officers. It is systemic. There are many things wrong with the foreign worker work permit system, as illustrated by this case, which I will point out in a follow-up article.
But meanwhile, I hope you feel as angry as I do.
A leopard will never change it's spots....eveyone of us are just digits...go F spider Dr. Chan Heng Chee!!
This story started with an abusive employer, but what got me interested was the role played by the government departments. From this, you can see that they were not at all interested in helping workers. Mediation became story-telling in the hope of discouraging the workers from pressing their claims. No mention is made of the company being prosecuted for violating our Employment Act.
The police held people for overstaying without a shred of evidence that they were overstayers.
The ICA held people in an armlock, getting them to fund their own flight home, with or without being paid their wages.
They all just want to get rid of the problem, with no regard for justice, law or rights. The source of the problem is the employer, but by action or inaction, our government is abetting all these abuses, ranging from cheating people of their wages, to robbery of their handphones, to kidnap.
It's not just bad officers. It is systemic. There are many things wrong with the foreign worker work permit system, as illustrated by this case, which I will point out in a follow-up article.
But meanwhile, I hope you feel as angry as I do.
