“Construction firm illegally houses migrant workers in Paya Lebar warehouse, MOM investigating”

A construction firm was found to have illegally housed its migrant workers in a warehouse located in Paya Lebar.

A whistleblower, surnamed Xu, told Shin Min Daily News that workers had been sleeping on metal frames stacked about two storeys high inside the warehouse.

Xu shared that the building management had already informed the firm to stop the practice, but the company allegedly failed to comply.

He also said that workers were cooking and doing laundry inside the warehouse.

…the construction company moved into the premises about a year ago and has been housing more than 10 employees in the warehouse.

Shin Min reporters who visited the site found that the company occupied one unit as an office and another as a warehouse.

While the office was closed, the warehouse’s metal gate was wide open, though the space appeared empty…

The company's owner, He Zhirong (transliteration), told Shin Min the company had leased a dormitory in Punggol, but the workers often end late, causing them not to find parking spaces….