Rohingya given leeway to work at Meru market until April


Rohingya refugees will fill the labour gap until traders can get enough locals to do the manual work at Pasar Besar Meru in Klang. — SS KANESAN/The Star

ROHINGYA holding United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cards can work at Pasar Besar Meru until the end of April.

Klang Municipal Council (MPK) Hawker and Market Management Department director Azhar Samsudin said traders at the wet market found it difficult to operate without foreign workers.

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