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Report: Labour Dept to probe claims of unpaid wages by foreign worker who killed self

Wednesday, 28 Apr 2021 10:26 AM MYTKUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — The Labour Department will investigate a deceased foreign worker’s allegation before committing suicide that his employer did not pay his salary for the past five months, an officer said.reported today that the unnamed officer at the department said it is investigating the case of the worker — reportedly a Pakistani man named Shahzad Ahmed — under the Employment Act 1955.

“We also took the news report as the basis of our investigation,” the officer reportedly said, referring to news reports on Shahzad’s suicide. Prior to his death, Shahzad had posted a video of himself on social media saying he could not take the burden caused by his unpaid wages.that investigations found Shahad’s employer could not afford to pay the deceased his salary from December 2020 to April this year due to “financial problems” caused by the movement control order .

 

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