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Unfair dismissals, unpaid dues at MediCeram, Malaysia - 2025

 

Workers protest against dismissals and forced deportation

Workers protest against dismissals and forced deportation; Foto: © Andy Hall

MediCeram, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is a glove manufacturer and supplier to international brands such as Top Glove, Ansell Ltd. and YTY (the latter part of Indorama Group). 

Migrant workers at MediCeram have accused the management of issuing termination letters to all 180 Bangladeshi employees on October 31, 2025, and subsequently beginning to cancel their visas in order to deport them back to Bangladesh. 

Since 2023, workers at Mediceram have gone on strike several times due to non-payment of wages and demands for reimbursement of recruitment fees. 

After several months of protests, the company agreed to renew the visas of only 90 Bangladeshi workers. As a result, all workers launched a protest action starting on October 23. 

As of November 10, 2025, ten Bangladeshi workers have already been forcibly deported. 

At least some of the dismissed workers were recruited through the agency Greenland Overseas. There are around 100 recruitment agencies operating in Bangladesh that supply workers to Malaysian companies. 

Currently, approximately 800,000 Bangladeshi workers live and work in Malaysia. 

There is no known relationship between German brands or consumers and MediCeram or the brands it produces for. But since TOP Glove, YTY and Ansell are the world's TOP-producers for medical gloves it is likely that their products are also used in German health system. 

 

Basic Information

Case ID: 2025.018

Affected Country: Malaysia

Date of occurrence: 2025-11-11

Social Sector Risks concerned:

  • Forced labour (Conventions Nr. 29 and PO 29 & 105)
  • Wages (Conventions Nr. 26 & 102 & 131 & 177 & 181; FAO)
  • Dismissals / factory closures

Supplier Details

MediCeram
PT 1624, Kawasan Perindustrian Nilai
71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan
Malaysia

Production Site



No gender specific information available.

Workers movement

No information about unions available.

No information about workers commitee available.

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Sources

Name of reporting organisation: Andy Hall, Migrant Worker Rights Specialist

Source of information about the case:

Nov. 6th 2025:
The Daily Star: Dream turns into despair for 10 deported migrants

and Blog of Andy Hall

Contributor: SÜDWIND

 

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