New Straits Times-Mar 30

Two seemingly contradictory reports about Top Glove Corporation Bhd came out recently. The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it found Top Glove, purportedly, uses convict, forced and indentured labor in its factories. The other report named the company as one of “HR Asia’s Best Companies to Work for in Asia”. Top Glove must be doing something right to receive the award. The fact that it won this award points to the existence of a huge chasm between how it is perceived by people and how the CBP perceives it. Has the agency come into Malaysia to check on Top Glove’s operations? How are they verifying the allegations?

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