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For Immediate Release 27th Feb 2026: Comment Attributable to Andy Hall, Independent Migrant Worker Rights Specialist, on the Dyson/ATA (Malaysia) Landmark Forced Labour Case Settlement Announcement

For Immediate Release 27th Feb 2026: Comment Attributable to Andy Hall, Independent Migrant Worker Rights Specialist, on the Dyson/ATA IMS

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Forced Labour

ABC 17th Feb 2026: Australian Anti-slavery commissioner calls for tougher laws amid forced labour concerns for Ansell (MediCeram, Malaysia) and KMart

ABC 17th Feb 2026: Australian Anti-slavery commissioner calls for tougher laws amid forced labour concerns for Ansell (MediCeram, Malaysia) and

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Human Rights

23rd Jan 2026 Bloomberg World Exclusive on Alleged Criminal Syndicate Trafficking Bangladeshi Workers for Forced Labour in Malaysia | The Big Take: EVERYONE GETS A CUT, AND MIGRANT WORKERS PAY THE PRICE

23rd Jan 2026 Bloomberg World Exclusive on Alleged Criminal Syndicate Trafficking Bangladeshi Workers for Forced Labour in Malaysia | The

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Forced Labour

14 Jan 2026 PRESS RELEASE: UK High Court rules that forced labour and exploitation claims against Dyson (ATA Malaysia case) will be tried next year

— Solicitors Journal 14th Jan 2026: Limbu v Dyson: High Court orders liability trial for migrant workers’ exploitation claims 14

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FMT 26th Dec 2025: Bangladeshi workers obtain court injunction against mould manufacturer Mediceram (Ansell supplier) in Malaysia

FMT 26th Dec 2025: Bangladeshi workers obtain court injunction against mould manufacturer Mediceram (Ansell supplier) in Malaysia Sean Augustin The

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Malaysia

Human Rights Watch/ United Nations (UN) Nov 26th 2025: Rampant Labour Abuses Against Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in Malaysia (Alleged Criminal Syndicate Trafficking Bangladeshi Workers for Forced Labour in Malaysia/Mediceram)

November 26, 2025 1:38PM EST|Dispatches Human Rights Watch/United Nations (UN) Nov 26th 2025: Rampant Labour Abuses Against Bangladeshi Migrant Workers

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Malaysia

ABC News 23rd Nov 2025: 15 Bangladeshi migrant workers deported from Ansell-linked Malaysian glove factory Mediceram after abuse allegations (UPDATE: 48 more workers to be deported by Monday)

ABC News 23rd Nov 2025: 15 Bangladeshi Migrant workers deported from Ansell-linked Malaysian glove factory Mediceram after abuse allegations (UPDATE:

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Bangladesh

21st Nov Green Left AUS: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) in Ansell’s supply chain (Mediceram, Malaysia) face deportation

21st Nov Green Left AUS: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) in Ansell’s supply chain (Mediceram, Malaysia) face deportation November

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Bangladesh

United Nations (UN) NEWS RELEASE 21 Nov 2025 – Malaysia: UN experts sound alarm over continued systematic exploitation of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia (alleged criminal syndicate trafficking Bangladeshi workers for forced labour in Malaysia)

United Nations (UN) NEWS RELEASE 21 Nov 2025 – Malaysia: UN experts sound alarm over continued systematic exploitation of Bangladeshi

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Malaysia

Daily Star 17th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) file police reports against Malaysia’s Mediceram glove company (Ansell’s global supply chain)

Daily Star 17th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) file police reports against Malaysia’s Mediceram glove company (Ansell’s

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Human Rights

Daily Star 15th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi High Commission to Mediceram – ‘Reinstate 170 workers’ in Ansell global gloves supply chain alleged forced labour case in Malaysia

Diplomacy Daily Star 15th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi High Commission to Mediceram – ‘Reinstate 170 workers’ in Ansell global gloves supply

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Bangladesh

Associated Press World News 10th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi workers protest over unpaid wages and mistreatment claims in Malaysian global supply chain factories (today’s Dhaka human chain protest summaries)

WORLD NEWS Associated Press World News 10th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi workers protest over unpaid wages and mistreatment claims in Malaysian

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Risky Business with Darian McBain: Asia

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Why Human Rights Matter to Business with Darian McBain – Interview with Andy Hall – Migrant Worker Rights Specialist

Asian business is changing. Customer demands, government regulations, stakeholder expectations, they are all evolving under the pressure of the environmental crisis. And even the most robust business models are starting to show cracks. But it’s through those cracks that opportunities arrive.

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Andy Hall is a human rights defender, a researcher/investigator and activist, and an independent specialist on migrant worker rights.

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27 Feb

*Reuters 27th Feb: Dyson settles Malaysian workers' UK lawsuit Dyson settles Malaysian workers' UK lawsuit* -

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BBC 27th Feb 2026: Dyson settles forced labour suit in landmark UK case

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25 Feb

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) condemns the actions taken by Bestinet Sdn. Bhd. in suing 10 media outlets and individuals pertaining to Bloomberg’s report, “Everyone gets a cut, and migrant workers pay the price”. This report alleged that Bangladeshi migrants had to

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For Immediate Release 27th Feb 2026: Comment Attributable to Andy Hall, Independent Migrant Worker Rights Specialist, on the Dyson/ATA (Malaysia) Landmark Forced Labour Case Settlement Announcement 📣

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25 Feb

Bestinet and its founder, Aminul Islam, have sued 10 media outlets and individuals, including Malaysiakini, Rafizi Ramli, and Latheefa Koya, over a Bloomberg report on migrant worker recruitment to Malaysia.

They claim the report accused them of human trafficking, blocking

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Dyson settles forced labour suit in landmark UK case

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Migrant workers alleged they were subjected to abusive treatment in a Malaysian factory for Dyson.

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My statement andyjhall.org/2026/02/27/for-immediate-release-27th-feb-2026-comment-attributable-to-andy-hall-in... BBC story - Dyson settles forced labour suit in landmark UK case www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddnry8dnl7oReuters story at www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/dyson-settles-malaysian-workers-uk-lawsuit-2026-02-27/Leigh Day settlement announcement lnkd.in/g-B8VcdUDyson settlement announcement www.dyson.co.uk/discover/news/latest/dyson-statement—For Immediate Release 27th Feb 2026: Comment Attributable to Andy Hall, Independent Migrant Worker Rights Specialist, on the Dyson/ATA (Malaysia) Landmark Forced Labour Case Settlement Announcement (andyjhall.org/2026/02/27/for-immediate-release-27th-feb-2026-comment-attributable-to-andy-hall-in...)I have been leading documentation and advocacy efforts concerning labour and human rights abuses affecting vulnerable migrant workers in Dyson’s supply chain for over 7 years now across Asia. With this experience in mind, I take this opportunity to share the following public comments on the Dyson/ATA IMS Bhd (renamed WaveFront Berhad, Malaysia) landmark forced labour case settlement that was announced today by Leigh Day in London, United Kingdom.The settlement is a most welcome development. This is despite the settlement only seemingly involving a small number of the thousands of victims of forced labour at ATA IMS Bhd (renamed WaveFront Berhad, Malaysia) for which Dyson should also, in my personal opinion, be held fully accountable and liable.This landmark legal precedent to hold multinational companies accountable in UK courts for their established failures to detect, prevent and remediate forced labour in their global supply chains is significant and positive.This case settlement sends a strong signal in challenging times for advancing responsible business conduct globally that multinational companies cannot and should not escape responsibility or accountability by outsourcing their production to cheaper countries, like Malaysia, where there is limited to no rule of law, systemic impunity and corruption, and where migrant workers and other vulnerable groups of workers work at below living wages in situations where it is difficult for them to access effective justice and remediation.Irresponsible disengagement by Dyson from ATA IMS Bhd in 2021 was in breach of international standards on responsible business conduct and was unacceptable, unethical and led to serious un-remediated long term negative impacts for thousands of victims of this forced labour situation. Dyson’s regrettably has not, as far as I aware and despite this settlement, established any ‘compensation fund’ to remediate the vast majority of ATA IMS Bhd’s other forced labour victims who are not party to this case and its settlement. Dyson should do far more to address migrant labour abuses and the risks of rights violations generally in its supply chains. Dyson should make this commitment to responsible business conduct a core part of how they do business in future.The settlement is long overdue. It comes more than 5 years after I first raised the conditions of forced labour at ATA IMS Bhd with Dyson’s global sustainability team in London.Given Dyson’s litigious response to the ATA IMS Bhd forced labour case and the company’s resistance to prompt remediation of its victims, today’s settlement has come about only because of resource intensive and tireless advocacy and legal action by me and my colleagues, Leigh Day and due to thorough, independent media reporting by media outlets like Channel 4 News. It is regrettable that Dyson sought to limit the freedom and ability of independent media and civil society actors to cover the ATA IMS Bhd case, mostly notably by prosecuting Channel 4 News for libel (a case that was eventually withdrawn last year) and by issuing threats and notices to various media outlets in the UK and in Malaysia that were seeking to report on the case.Limited resources prevented me personally from launching what I consider would have been justified legal action against Dyson for alleged defamatory statements made against me to various third parties concerning the ATA IMS Bhd forced labour case.End My comments available in full at andyjhall.org/2026/02/27/for-immediate-release-27th-feb-2026-comment-attributable-to-andy-hall-in... ... See MoreSee Less

Dyson settles forced labour suit in landmark UK case

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*Malaysiakini 25th Feb 2026: Bestinet and Amin files billion-ringgit lawsuit against Malaysiakini, Bloomberg and others over media articles outlining alleged criminal syndicate trafficking Bangladeshi migrant workers for forced labour in Malaysia*m.malaysiakini.com/news/768839?login_method=google#Bestinet Sdn Bhd and its founder, Aminul Islam Abdul Nor, are suing 10 media outlets and individuals, including Malaysiakini, with over RM1 billion being sought as damages.This is over Bloomberg’s report titled “Everyone gets a cut, and migrant workers pay the price”, published on Jan 23, and subsequent reports repeating its claims and commenting on the issue.In their statement of claim, Bestinet and Aminul claimed that the impugned statements, among others, portrayed them as being involved in human trafficking, money laundering, corrupt practices, deliberately denying the government access to the Foreign Worker Centralised Management System (FWCMS), and had enriched themselves at the expense of vulnerable migrants.“The impugned statements are defamatory, false, untrue, inconsistent, baseless, published with malice, misleading, and a complete fabrication,” Aminul said in his affidavit, according to filings made at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur on Feb 12 and served to Malaysiakini today.Malaysiakini is named as the fifth defendant in the suit, while Bloomberg’s New York office and Kuala Lumpur office are respectively named as first and second defendants.Other defendants are The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd (publisher of The Edge), MNow Media Sdn Bhd (publisher of MalaysiaNow), Norhafizan Muhamad and Nur Azwan Nusi (as owners of a partnership that operates Harapan Daily), former MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya, former economy minister Rafizi Ramli, and content creator Iswardy Morni, who runs the YouTube channel “YB Youtube Channel”.The plaintiffs sought RM500 million in special damages from each of the two Bloomberg entities, and RM5 million from each of the other eight defendants.They also sought general, aggravated, and exemplary damages assessed by the court, a five percent per annum interest on all damages, a written apology, and retraction of the offending articles.In addition, the plaintiffs sought an ex parte injunction against the defendants to prevent them from further disseminating the allegedly defamatory statements, pending the conclusion of the suit, arguing that the statements would likely be repeated unless the defendants are restrained and would further damage their reputation.“Although damages are claimed by the plaintiffs in the statement of claim, the plaintiffs genuinely believe that damages alone are not sufficient and/or appropriate remedy as this matter concerns the plaintiffs’ reputation and good name, which are incapable of being restored, and if the injunction sought in the notice of application is not granted, any damage suffered by the plaintiffs would be irreparable.“The defamation has seriously injured and prejudiced the long-standing 18-year goodwill and reputation built by the first plaintiff (Bestinet) in the field of IT and manpower consultation, and the long-standing 38-year goodwill and reputation built by me in managing service-oriented business as well as a responsible citizen of Malaysia,” Aminul wrote in his affidavit.Judge rejects gag order bidHowever, the application for an injunction was rejected by High Court Judge Roslan Mat Nor without orders as to cost.In his written judgment dated last Friday, the judge wrote that the allegedly defamatory statements pertain to a matter of public interest, namely the recruitment of migrant workers to Malaysia.Kuala Lumpur High Court“If an interim injunction is granted, it would prevent the defendants from voicing opinions on such public interest matters. This court is of the view that it directly threatens the defendants’ freedom of speech,” he said, while affirming that the freedom is still subject to legal provisions.The judge also disagreed with the plaintiffs’ arguments that any of the defendants’ possible answers and defences to the lawsuit are without merit, pointing to the possibility that the defendants could argue that their statements were justified or were fair comment.In addition, the judge said the plaintiffs failed to sufficiently demonstrate that rejecting the application would lead to immediate and specific harms to the plaintiffs, such as losing business opportunities.“Since there are no such testimonies, it is difficult for the court to say that the defendants’ public statements have caused harm to the plaintiffs and an interim injunction should be granted immediately through this ex parte application,” he said.Spotlight on migrant recruitment feesThe Bloomberg article was centred around the plight of Bangladeshi migrants who had to borrow a hefty amount of money so they could pay an alleged “syndicate fee” to work in Malaysia. It attributed this to the FWCMS created by Bestinet and adopted by Malaysia in 2015.Following the report, Latheefa criticised the government on X for keeping mum about the report and questioned its commitment to fighting corruption.Former MACC chief commissioner Latheefa KoyaRafizi, meanwhile, said in his weekly podcast that the Bloomberg report is damning, and urged the implementation of proper procedures in the digital recruitment system to prevent further exploitation of migrant workers.Citing findings by a 2023 government audit report, he said the government is essentially locked out of the FWCMS system while access was given to non-government operators.For more details and background on this issue see andyjhall.org/2026/01/23/23rd-jan-2026-bloomberg-world-exclusive-on-alleged-criminal-syndicate-tr...m.malaysiakini.com/news/768839?login_method=google# ... See MoreSee Less

Bestinet files billion-ringgit lawsuit against Mkini, 9 others

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Suit targets reports on migrant worker recruitment system allegations.

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*23rd Feb 2026 New Strait Times: Malaysian High Court rejects Bestinet, Aminul's bid for gag order on migrant worker exposé (Bloomberg’s story on alleged criminal syndicate trafficking Bangladeshi migrant workers for forced labour in Malaysia)*www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/02/1383636/high-court-rejects-bestinet-aminuls-bid-gag-order-migr...For more details see andyjhall.org/2026/01/23/23rd-jan-2026-bloomberg-world-exclusive-on-alleged-criminal-syndicate-tr... ... See MoreSee Less

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For Immediate Release 27th Feb 2026: Comment Attributable to Andy Hall, Independent Migrant Worker Rights Specialist, on the Dyson/ATA (Malaysia) Landmark Forced Labour Case Settlement Announcement

ABC 17th Feb 2026: Australian Anti-slavery commissioner calls for tougher laws amid forced labour concerns for Ansell (MediCeram, Malaysia) and KMart

23rd Jan 2026 Bloomberg World Exclusive on Alleged Criminal Syndicate Trafficking Bangladeshi Workers for Forced Labour in Malaysia | The Big Take: EVERYONE GETS A CUT, AND MIGRANT WORKERS PAY THE PRICE

14 Jan 2026 PRESS RELEASE: UK High Court rules that forced labour and exploitation claims against Dyson (ATA Malaysia case) will be tried next year

FMT 26th Dec 2025: Bangladeshi workers obtain court injunction against mould manufacturer Mediceram (Ansell supplier) in Malaysia

Human Rights Watch/ United Nations (UN) Nov 26th 2025: Rampant Labour Abuses Against Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in Malaysia (Alleged Criminal Syndicate Trafficking Bangladeshi Workers for Forced Labour in Malaysia/Mediceram)

ABC News 23rd Nov 2025: 15 Bangladeshi migrant workers deported from Ansell-linked Malaysian glove factory Mediceram after abuse allegations (UPDATE: 48 more workers to be deported by Monday)

21st Nov Green Left AUS: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) in Ansell’s supply chain (Mediceram, Malaysia) face deportation

United Nations (UN) NEWS RELEASE 21 Nov 2025 – Malaysia: UN experts sound alarm over continued systematic exploitation of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia (alleged criminal syndicate trafficking Bangladeshi workers for forced labour in Malaysia)

Daily Star 17th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) file police reports against Malaysia’s Mediceram glove company (Ansell’s global supply chain)

Daily Star 15th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi High Commission to Mediceram – ‘Reinstate 170 workers’ in Ansell global gloves supply chain alleged forced labour case in Malaysia

Associated Press World News 10th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi workers protest over unpaid wages and mistreatment claims in Malaysian global supply chain factories (today’s Dhaka human chain protest summaries)

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