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11 Mar 2014

Author:
Mei Mei Chu, SAYS.com [Malaysia]

Top Glove Accused Of Locking Up Its Employees Against Their Free Will

Top Glove Accused Of Locking Up Its Employees Against Their Free Will, 12 March 2014

According to a complaint that has led to a Labour Department case...the company locks up its workers when disciplinary complaints are made, in conditions reminiscent of sweatshops and labour camps. 

A police report by a worker’s relative on the matter led police to raid a so-called ‘lock-up’, where ‘problematic workers’ were held...to free an Indian national detained against his will there for five days. 

His relative, Robert Chelliah...said the area where...Dhanush was held was akin to a prison and that he was initially stopped from entering by “Top Glove’s auxiliary police”...

According to Dhanush there was also a Nepali worker held at the same time but...for 15 days. While he was not assaulted, he claimed that other workers who had been locked up have been “hit with batons”...

...Top Glove, in a brief email to Malaysiakini said that Dhanush had “repeatedly assaulted” his co-worker. “Mr Dhanush is a problematic worker who was involved in repeatedly assaulting a co-worker in the presence of other witnesses. The assaulted worker has since lodged a police report,” the email says...

The public-listed company declined to comment on allegations of unlawful detention as the matter is under police investigation.

Top Glove Corporation Berhad is a rubber glove manufacturer. The company owns and operates 25 manufacturing facilities in Malaysia, Thailand, China and marketing offices in Malaysia, United States and Germany.