“Malaysia Factory Riots Provide Look at Migrant Workers' Grievances”, 28 August 2014

Rioting at hard-disk-drive plants in Malaysia this week involving mostly Nepalese migrant workers provided a rare glimpse at the grievances among workers who say they face cramped living conditions and unfair working conditions, including limited access to medical facilities…JCY International said its hard-disk-drive operation provides accommodation for foreign workers…Mohana Das Krishnan…of the Johor branch of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress, said the workers told him the latest disturbances came after a worker's family was perceived to have been given inadequate compensation after the man died from an illness…JCY said all migrant workers employed at its plants are covered by mandatory workmen's compensation insurance…Mr. Mohan said rioting at the other plant began in part after a manager allegedly provided workers with a stone to use as a ball when they wanted to play a game of volleyball…