SEVENTY-EIGHT Indian nationals who sought refuge in the Batu Caves temple last month have been flown back home by the Indian High Commission, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Commission chief secretary Sudhir Kumar Melotra told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday that the 78 were sent back to India in batches from Aug 28, the paper said.
He said they were brought in from India to work in Kota Tinggi in Johor, but wanted to return home after being given simpler work with lower pay due to their inexperience at skilled jobs.
The commission paid RM5,000 to cover their food expenses at the temple and another RM600,000 for the workers’ return journey to India, he said.
Melotra said the commission was always concerned about the welfare of the 150,000 Indian workers in this country.
He said meetings with officers of the Human Resources Ministry and relevant employers had been held whenever a problem arose.
> Telekom Malaysia (TM) had not sidelined Indian contractors, Makkal Osai reported Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk T. Murugiah as saying.
He said it was trying its best to help the Indian community meet its 3% quota of the national equity.
He added that the explanation by TM executive director and group chief financial officer Datuk Bazlan Osman was very clear and rational and had satisfied the contractors.
Murugiah, who is also Public Complaints Bureau chief, was speaking to reporters after attending a dialogue session between the Indian Contractors’ Association and TM management at Menara Telekoms in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
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