Some 500 workers gathered outside an electronics factory in Perai on Thursday to press for a new collective agreement.
(EIEU pic)GEORGE TOWN: About 4,500 workers in four electronic chip factories in the northern region have been left in the lurch after their respective management refused to discuss a new collective agreement, a union official said.
David Arulappen, northern region general secretary of the Electronics Industry Employees’ Union (EIEU, said a collective agreement signed in 2019 had expired in June.

The Electronics Industry Employees’ Union says a collective agreement was last signed in 2019 and had expired in June.

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WASHINGTON, US - The White House on Thursday announced economic and visa sanctions against Sudanese leaders responsible for breaking a ceasefire and provoking "appalling" bloodshed.
"We are following through by levying economic sanctions, imposing visa restrictions against actors who are perpetuating the violence," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement.
"Despite a ceasefire agreement, senseless violence has continued across the country - hindering the delivery of humanitarian assistance, and hurting those who need it most. The scope and scale of the bloodshed in Khartoum and Darfur, in particular, is appalling," Sullivan said.

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US imposes economic, visa sanctions over violence in Sudan

IPOH - The Health Ministry has refuted claims circulating on social media on male students genital checks at higher education institutions in Perak.
In a statement on Twitter, the ministry clarified that the circular notice bearing its letterhead and the signature of the director of the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Division of the Perak branch was fabricated.
"For information, the Health Ministry (MoH) does not have a branch of the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Division.

Health Ministry denies genital checks on students to fight STDs among LGBT group

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) on Thursday claimed to have uncovered a US intelligence operation being conducted via a virus programme on Apple mobile phones, reported Anadolu.
"In the course of securing Russian telecommunications infrastructure, anomalies characteristic only of Apple cell phone users and caused by previously unknown malicious software exploiting vulnerabilities in the manufacturer’s software were revealed," a statement by the security agency said.
It added that several thousand Apple phones, not limited to domestic users, were infected with the malware.

Union claims 4 chip-making factories dodging contract talks