Malaysia is appealing to the US Department of Labour to remove the country's palm oil from the "List of Goods Produced by Child or Forced Labour", Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah said.
Among the criteria used by the department to assess child or forced labour is the withholding of passports of foreign workers and payment of low wages, he said.
"The Government has undertaken an independent study, covering 68 plantations throughout the country, and it showed that incidences of this nature are negligible.
"Thus, it is unfair of the department to list the Malaysian palm oil industry alongside others," he added.
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Among the criteria used by the department to assess child or forced labour is the withholding of passports of foreign workers and payment of low wages, he said.
"The Government has undertaken an independent study, covering 68 plantations throughout the country, and it showed that incidences of this nature are negligible.
"Thus, it is unfair of the department to list the Malaysian palm oil industry alongside others," he added.
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