Glove maker YTY Group has said it will engage with supplier Mediceram which manufactures ceramic moulds used to produce single-use gloves, over allegations of forced labour made by Bangladeshi supply chain workers. In a statement published by the company in March 2025 YTY outlines that Mediceram comprises less than 0.5% of the company's total supplier spend and confirmed suppliers are required to conform to YTY's Supplier Code of Conduct.

The statement comes after reporting by Free Malaysia Today in March revealed almost 200 Bangladeshi migrant workers were left in debt and struggling to pay off recruitment fees after three months' basic pay wage theft and five months' without overtime work. Workers were also allegedly housed in poor living conditions and their passports were being withheld.

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited MediCeram to respond to the allegations; its response can be read below.

In May 2025, Free Malaysia Today reported that 176 workers went on strike again over unpaid wages and demands for refunds for recruitment fee charges. The company agreed to refund the costs, but only over a 12-month period, which led to the new strike.

The workers are demanding that future wages be paid on time, all passports be renewed, and visas extended without further delay.

In response to the strike, the employer allegedly threatened to deport 60 of the workers. Some workers have already been arrested for not having valid visas. The company did not respond to journalist's request for comment.

The Daily Star also reported that the workers were originally recruited by a recruitment firm called "Greenland"; the company could not be identified by the Resource Centre to invite a response to the allegations; if the company is identified in the future, this page will be updated accordingly.

In May 2025, the company said it would set up a task force "linked to" a committee comprising employees to resolve future grievances, and that it would pay each of the workers RM22,500, over an eight-month period.