…More than 40 former Bangladeshi migrant workers have lodged official complaints in Bangladesh and Malaysia against plastics component supplier Kawaguchi Manufacturing over unpaid overdue wages, a migrant rights activist said.

According to Andy Hall, the workers said they received only a first repayment instalment of RM1,000 in January. A second instalment, due in April, had yet to be paid…

The complainants are among 251 workers who were to receive a total of almost RM3 million in overdue salaries in an agreement reached in December after the workers staged a peaceful protest at the company’s factory in Port Klang.

Some of the workers had gone without pay for seven months last year.

A spokesman for 22 workers who petitioned the labour department in Port Klang on Wednesday said 12 of them were still without jobs…

FMT has contacted Kawaguchi for comment. Calls to a number provided by the affected workers, said to be that of a company representative, went unanswered…

Kawaguchi Manufacturing supplies components to major Japanese air conditioning and electronics brands…