Writing a letter to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Nepali Embassy based in Cairo in Egypt informed that the workers, who are working for Fresh Soap Factory in Sudan, have been denied the salary as specified in the contracts.[break]
The embassy said the employer company was providing them only $200 per month each and forcing them to work for up to 12 hours a day. It had promised to pay $500 per month for working eight hours of work every day.
Quoting Pawan Jung Thapa, Major General of Nepal Army and Force Commander of UN Mission in Sudan, the embassy said the employer company was even refusing to let the workers return home and asking them to furnish air ticket charge and brokers´ commission borne by the company while recruiting them.
BNA Vision Overseas had sent the workers to Sudan through United Arab Emirates in two batches on February 4 and February 7, collecting Rs 200,000 each.
According to the Ministry of Labor and Transport Management (MoLTM), the workers facing exploitation at Sudan are Kul Bahadur Sapkota, Nara Bahadur Pariyar, Durga Bahadur Sunar, Ram Bahadur Kshetri and Padam BK of Baglung; Achut BK and Sanjeeb Pariyar of Parbat; Dinesh Kshetri and Bodh Bahadur Ranabhat of Syangja; and Krishna Dawadi, Laxman Subedi, Jhanka Bahadur Ale, Bal Bahadur Rana Magar and Bhim Bahadur Rana of Dhading.
Similarly, Dambar Bahadur Pariyar, Hari Chamar, Tika Prasad Chaudhari and Ramu Bhar of Nawalparasi; Shukra Bahadur Tamang of Sindhupalchok; Yagu Man Giri of Khotang; and Man Bahadur Rana Kshetri and Hari Sing Chunara of Surkhet are also among the other workers facing exploitation.
Manohar Khanal, under secretary at the MoLTM, told Republica that the ministry would write to the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) to conduct necessary investigation into the case.
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