R Nadeswaran’s allegations about SMEs need immediate attention: Employers seeking government aid must come with clean hands

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By Mariam Mokhtar
This article by veteran journalist R Nadeswaran was first published in Malaysiakini on 2 May, 2020 and the link can be accessed here. By R Nadeswaran: Some facts have to be established lest someone scream and labels this writer as a doom-laden alarmist. The figures quoted have been published before and the people quoted in this commentary went on record with their assertions. Michael Kang is no ordinary Joe – he is the president of the SME Association of Malaysia and he revealed some startling facts and figures.  Four weeks ago, he told Astro Awani’s “Consider This” programme that “a larger percentage of foreign workers employed by local small and medium-sized enterprises were hired without a formal employment contract or only paid a daily wage.” Let me make another admission: I never watched the programme that evening but after reading an article in Malaysiakini …