Glovemaker admits to unpaid wages, blames previous management

Glovemaker SSN Medical Products Sdn Bhd, whose 20 workers fled the company last month alleging forced labour conditions, has come clean to having outstanding wages dating back to 2019 and has worked out a settlement plan with its workers.

Explaining that the bad debts were inherited from the previous management, company director Clinton Ang said the company aimed to settle unpaid salaries within the next three months.

“We take our obligation to our staff, foreign or local, management or production, very seriously.

“It will take us a few months to regularise all wage-related matters but we have in place a realistic plan to resolve...