An influential white paper exposing how recruitment fees, debt, and weak oversight drive forced labor among migrant workers in Malaysia’s electronics industry.
Based on a decade of field research, this report reveals systemic exploitation of migrant workers in Malaysia’s electronics sector. It details how high recruitment fees, deceptive contracts, passport confiscation, and excessive working hours trap workers in debt bondage. The study also critiques social auditing practices that fail to capture migrant realities and calls for company-led reform, including fee reimbursement and ethical recruitment systems. It remains a cornerstone analysis of forced labor risk within global electronics supply chains
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Migrant workers, Electronics
