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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