Nepali Man dead at Malaysia.

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Five million of Nepal’s 28 million people work abroad, most of them in India. Malaysia is second with 700,000 Nepalis working in plantations, factories and as security guards.

Most fall prey to unscrupulous recruiters back home in Nepal; they also have to bribe officials for permits, and when they get to Malaysia they rarely receive the pay they we re promised.

“US TIP (Trafficking In Person) reports of recent years show how the condition of migrant workers in Malaysia is absolutely the worst in the world,” says Aegile Fernandez of the labour rights group, Tenaganita.

Last month, 13 Nepali workers were deported without their passports, after signing papers that they would not return to Malaysia for six years , punished for no fault of their own.

“We came here legally but the company we were working for turned us illegal,” said 38-year-old Padam Bahadur Rai who came to Malaysia three years ago to work for a local firm .

When he spoke out about excessive workload, he was beaten and transferred.

But three months ago, Rai and other Nepalis found out that they were illegal because their employers gave them fake migrant identification cards, and had not extended their visas.

Rai said the company was not even registered and it was deducting RM155 from the salaries of Nepalis as levy.

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