Ex pub employee sued for allegedly defaming her employers for spreading "lies".

A young girl working in a pub as a bar attendant is being sued by the Employers of the pub for defamation. The pub was hiring young girls the age ranging around 18-25 years old and agreed to pay their employees in the following manner:

(i) That the salary is depended on the beer sold per day
(ii) That the employee cannot exceed as much of weight
(iii) The employee must reside in the hostel with the other employees and during the stay is not allowed to leave the hostel.

The condition of the hostel was very harsh and also restrictive which cause her to flee and escape the hostel.

Subsequently, she lodged a police report with her father.

In the police report stated that the defamation suit raised by the employer against the young girl was due to the police report which was made to the newspaper and media and since it has affected the business of the pub.

They said the defamatory remarks which were published in the newspapers can be seen as followed:

(i)     8 young girls are being deceived because of the promise of lucrative income made by the owner of Fun Pub

(ii)    The young girl refused to go home with her father and told him that she had signed an agreement with her employer and if she breached any of the terms, she needs to pay RM100,000.00

(iii)   One of the fathers of the young girl has been searching for her daughter but did not succeed to find and then lodged a police report to save her from the employer.

The police report made by her though defaming the Fun Pub was not calculated to disparage them. It was to shine a light on her crisis which was silent to the public all this while.

It is very unreasonable for the employer to compel the young girl to pay RM100, 000.00 for wanting to leave the job. Furthermore, she was not paid for 4 years and the employer represented that the young girl would be a partner to the business. This has caused the young girl to be in a state of deep depression as well causing unneeded financial difficulties and mental trauma to her and her family.

We have assisted her to file the necessary documents in court and on a pro bono basis.







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