"We’ll settle dues as agreed, JB firm assures migrant workers", 3 May 2026

An engineering construction firm has denied claims that it refused to pay back wages owed to about 50 migrant workers.

Esstar Vision Sdn Bhd spokesman Law Yuk Hui said the company has commenced partial payments and is still discussing the matter with the affected workers.

The company was committed to resolving the matter “responsibly and in accordance with Malaysian law” and would continue to cooperate fully with the authorities, he told FMT.

Law was responding to complaints by about 50 Bangladeshi workers, who alleged that the issue of their unpaid wages had yet to be resolved despite intervention by the human resources ministry and the state labour department.

One worker... alleged that the company owed them between three and eight months of back pay.

Rubel also said the company’s failure to pay their wages meant they could not send money to their families back home or repay loans taken from creditors to fund their journey to Malaysia.

He said a group of workers had gathered outside the state labour department on Thursday to lodge another complaint. They had previously filed a complaint a few months earlier...