Korean firms warned over labor issue

Korean firms warned over labor issue

BOGOR: About 20 out of 40 South Korean companies operating in
Bogor regency have been placed on a watchlist by the local
council for their reportedly poor treatment of workers.

"They (the companies) have committed various violations, such
as treating the workers badly and paying their salaries late," a
councillor from Commission E for social welfare, Ratu Nailamuna,
said on Monday.

This statement was backed by an official from the local
manpower agency, Ferlandi Saca Kusuma, who is in charge of
industrial relationships and labor control.

Ferlandi said he sent a letter to an attache at the Korean
Embassy in Jakarta, Park Hong Kwen, on April 10 to inform him of
these concerns.

Among the companies placed on the watchlist are PT Jinin, PT
Dae Wong, PT Dae Han Texindo, PT Dasan Dunia, PT Aurora,
PT Simone and PT Aigi Samijaya. --JP