In a company-wide circular, WRP Asia announces the temporary suspension with immediate effect.
Glove maker WRP Asia has suspended its operations with immediate effect just three months after the US Customs and Border Protection agency announced it wasIn a company-wide circular to its employees and workers, WRP Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd, which has appointed interim liquidators, announced a 'temporary suspension of business operations."
Dated Dec 30, 2019, the circular, which was made available to Malaysiakini, said:"Please take note that due to financial constraints faced by the company, the business operations of the company will be suspended immediately until further notice."On Oct 1, 2019, the CBP announced that it had issued Withhold Release Orders on five different products imported from five different countries that were suspected of using forced labour.
These included blocking the import of disposable rubber gloves by CBP from WRP Asia Pacific as it believed the company was involved in forced labour.claiming that they were not paid three months' worth of wages.into the company and found that it had withheld the salaries of its workers, did not pay overtime, had made unfair pay cuts and had wrongful working hours during breaks and public holidays.
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