Immigrant Workers In Brunei Living in Shocking Conditions

Bandar Seri Begawan – Some guest workers in Brunei live in horrendous conditions hardly fit for humans, reports Radio Television Brunei in a special feature.

Its camera crew, which visited workers living quarters during recent raids, say that some of these “bore closer resemblance to slums or shanty towns” and has urged errant employers to rectify the situation

It reports: Development and construction of a majority of the country's major projects has been heavily reliant on the efforts of foreign workers.

Their physical toils and sweat has resulted in the establishment of many roads, buildings, shops and much more.

Yet for some of these workers sadly have not been rewarded with their just dues.

In this second report, our news crew exposes the injustices that they have to endure at the hands of their employers.

Radio Television Brunei (RTB) has also been in the frontlines with the law enforcers to record their activities as well as the crimes committed.

Despite the repetitive warnings and advice by these agencies to the employers of their responsibility for providing the proper identity documents for their employees the reality is that many of these warnings still fall on deaf ears.

Another responsibility that these employers must fulfil is providing safe and humane living quarters, as is stated in every employer's contract and agreement, in accordance to the Labour Act of Brunei Darussalam.

40 percent of the country's labour forces comprise of foreign workers who are heavily engaged in construction, which is the country's third largest industry after petroleum and gas production.

The raid last night proved that yet once again our news crew documented terrible living conditions that as these pictures vividly portray are not fit to live in.

In fact, some of these quarters bore closer resemblance to slums or even shanty quarters, rather than standard accommodation.

Once again, on behalf of the law enforcement agencies, we would like to advise employers to pay closer attention to the living quarters of their employees or face legal prosecution, if they are caught, as well as other severe penalties if convicted according to the laws of Brunei. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei 

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