Over 100 migrant workers, primarily from India and Bangladesh, turned up at Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower on Monday claiming unpaid wages by their employer, according to a media report.
Several workers employed by KPA Engineering, an air-conditioner maintenance services company, claimed that they have not been paid for two months and the company has been shuttered, The Straits Times reported. Sampath, an Indian worker, said the workers have not been paid for two months despite raising the issue with the company and their bosses. “We heard the company closed its business. We are worried because we haven’t been paid for some time,” The Straits Times quoted Sampath as saying.
“We didn’t know who else to turn to,” he added.
The migrant workers met officials from the ministry after being identified as employees of KPA Engineering.
Rajenderan Berthap, 36, who works as an air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation technician at KPA Engineering, said he had relayed his salary situation to ministry officials, who said they will look into the matter, the report said.
According to business records, KPA Engineering has two directors. Both are foreigners with registered addresses in Hillview, a housing area.
One of them, a Singapore permanent resident, is a director of six other companies involved in engineering, plumbing and air-conditioning works, the report said.
