Trapped in Malaysia: Migrant workers trafficked, unpaid and passed between companies
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Workers describe how they were forced into an undocumented labour pipeline across Malaysia, moved between companies as unpaid labour with their passports confiscated.
From the original report
At 4am last week, Ramjaan woke up for the third time that night.
His phone buzzed with messages from his wife in Uttar Pradesh, India. He stared at the screen, his thumb hovering over it, then put the phone down. He has no answer to give her: when he will return home, or whether he will ever return at all.
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- Oct 13, 2026
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- Oct 13, 2026
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