AFTER five years of often back-breaking work on a Malaysian palm oil plantation, Bangladeshi national Babul told his employer this month he was ready to call it quits.
The plantation owner in Peninsular Malaysia immediately countered with a bonus of RM500 (US$100) – around a quarter of Babul’s monthly salary – to entice him to extend his contract by at least a year.
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