Alex Au rebuts point by point MOM's statement on Uzzai matter, keeps blog post

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I can see that MOM takes exception to my use of the phrase “derelict in its duties”, preferring that the word be reserved for employers (see fourth word from the end of the passage above), but I have shown in all the foregoing that the ministry’s performance is far from winning it prizes. It didn’t prosecute promptly for safety lapses and it didn’t indicate to anyone that it was planning to “investigate” the employer for not having insurance until the reporter asked — a fact that makes one wonder how serious the ministry was about it. Its tardiness prolongs the pain and suffering for an injured worker desperate for compensation money. And it doesn’t seem to have an effective early warning system with respect to insurance which could have prevented the whole mess.

MOM being unhappy with workers going to the media is nothing new. When another worker, named Shahin, spoke to the Straits Times in August 2012 about his salary arrears and how MOM had not made any progress for a year, the morning after the article appeared, he got a call from an MOM officer that took him to task for speaking to the media. This, Shahin told me personally the same afternoon. So when I postulate that MOM might have been unhappy with Uzzal telling his story to a Chinese newspaper, how can it be an “irresponsible” statement given this previous example?

- http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/mom-confuses-tough-questions-with-false-allegations/

 

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Kudos to Alex. I am glad that he is the champion for migrant workers. He should keep up the pressure on MOM.

 

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Kudos to Alex. I am glad that he is the champion for migrant workers. He should keep up the pressure on MOM.

MOM is corrupt and incompetent. They cannot survive an expose.