Sabahan workers in Singapore who were involved in crime are not entirely to be blamed, said Assistant Resource Development and Information Technology Minister Datuk Jainab Ahmad. She said some found themselves in desperate situations after being cheated by unscrupulous employment agents.
“These
agents promised youths from Sabah’s rural areas high paying jobs in
Singapore but they ended up working for far less,” said Jainab. “Some
have tried to extricate themselves from their contracts or had to take
another job just to pay off these agents,”
she said when commenting on a
move by Singapore to bar Sabahan and Sarawakian natives between 18 and
35 from working in the island republic.
The move was said to have
stemmed from a number of criminal cases such as fights involving male
youths from both the east Malaysian states.
Jainab said to
prevent these, Singaporean authorities should liaise with the Sabah
government to address the issue, including screening prospective
workers for criminal records.
Source: The Star
tak patut pekerja Sabah disekat ke singapura.
ReplyDeletesepatutnya kerajaan singapura berbincang dahulu dengan kerajaan Malaysia sebelum membuat keputusan itu.. sebagai negara yang berjiran dan banyak menjalinkan kerjasama dalam pelbagai perkara, kerajaan Singapura tidak sepatutnya mengambil langkah yang bersifat double standard ini..
ReplyDeleteada baiknya warga sabah dan sarawak balik saja ke negeri masing2.. sumbangkan saja kepakaran itu kepada negeri sendiri..
ReplyDeleteJames Siopon, are you idiot or what?? people from Sabah go Singapore make double salary for they family and himself, you ask them to go back to Sabah and work for RM800 for month?
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