Company fined RM20k for failure to provide certified accommodation for workers

A company was fined RM20,000 by the Sessions Court in Alor Setar today for failing to provide workers’ accommodation or dormitories certified by the Department of Labour (JTK) last January.

The general manager of Syarikat Twenty-Twenty Food Industry Sdn Bhd, whose name was not given, pleaded guilty when two charges against the company were read out before judge Sharifah Norazilita Syed Salim Idid.