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                                <title><![CDATA[ Efforts to end forced labour underway, HR minister says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ V Sivakumar says the capacity of labour inspectors will be increased to ensure more prosecutions against employers who commit forced labour. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Nearly a third of domestic workers in Malaysia in forced labour conditions, says UN agency ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 07:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A survey based on interviews with domestic workers in Southeast Asia says 29% of those in Malaysia face such conditions, compared to 7% and 4% in its neighbours Singapore and Thailand, respectively. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US says Sime Darby Plantation products no longer made with forced labour ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2023 02:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Goods made by Sime Darby Plantation have been blocked from entering the US since 2020 over suspected abusive labour practices. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ EU seeks to ban products made with forced labour, document shows ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2022 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The onus however is on national authorities to prove that forced labour was involved in making and processing the products. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Ex-workers at Malaysian glove maker sue companies over forced labour claims ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2022 03:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The migrant workers at Brightway Holdings have accused Kimberly-Clark Corp and Ansell Ltd of 'knowingly profiting' from the alleged use of forced labour at the supplier. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US bans imports from another Malaysian glove maker over forced labour allegations ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2022 01:00:36 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This is the seventh such ban on a Malaysian company in two years. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Labour abuse claims a risk to export growth model? ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 01:30:57 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ If Malaysia does not change, businesses could move to other countries, an analyst warns. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Fifth Malaysian glove maker banned in US over forced labour claims ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Brightway Group says audit reports from 2019 and 2020 show no practice of 'forced labour or modern slavery'. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Dyson dumps Malaysian supplier ATA over labour concerns ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2021 03:57:15 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ ATA, which is already being investigated by the US over forced labour allegations, had previously denied such allegations. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Another rubber glove maker hit by US ban over forced labour claims ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 06:03:44 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The ban on imports from Supermax was announced after a probe found indications of forced labour in the firm's manufacturing operations. ]]></description>
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