Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister Datuk Abidin Madingkir said this included payment of their salaries and Employees Provident Fund , with the latest being payment of some RM798,000 on electricity bills incurred by the former SFI workers.
“The workers have been laid off by their former employer - India-based pulp and paper manufacturer Ballarpur Industries Ltd - which has been in receivership since 2017,” he said in a statement here on Monday . Abidin said the state government had imposed a conditional requirement for the new concessionaire to set up operations within two years.“The Sipitang district officer has been directed to engage with and to update the former SFI workers,” he said.
Judicial Commissioner Leonard Shim issued the order after the company failed to pay some RM2.7mil owed to its contractors, among others.