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Cheated in Malaysia, workers beaten up for seeking justice
The Bangladeshi workers who had been on a hunger strike on the premises of Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur since Tuesday alleged that men of recruiting agencies attacked and assaulted them…The workers were on a hunger strike…over a wage dispute, saying that they had been promised higher pays, but were not paid duly by their employers...Jainal [one of the workers]...said the workers had been brought to Malaysia...with promises of high-paying jobs, but they ended up doing manual labour in an acid factory. They were allegedly not paid for six months and fed only one meal a day.