DORMITORY operator Labourtel Management Corporation and its director, Parvis Ahamed, are facing 10 and six charges respectively for failing to provide satisfactory living conditions for thousands of foreign workers at four dormitories in Singapore.
In addition, Labourtel was also charged with not ensuring that all shower points are partitioned to ensure privacy for the users, and for not providing mechanical ventilation when natural ventilation is inadequate.Labourtel is one of the companies within the MES group. MES’s website states that it operates four key dormitory locations in Singapore, housing about 24,000 guest workers in the petrochemical, manufacturing, marine, construction and other process industries.
The court cases against Labourtel and the director have been adjourned to Aug 1 for a further mention.