Two Iban brothers who earlier alleged that they had worked in Puchong, Selangor, for 15 years without pay were awarded compensation by their former employer after the Selangor Labour Court ruled in their favour.

NONERevealing this today, PKR leader Dominique Ng said compensation "deemed satisfactory to the workers" has been issued to the workers, brothers Simon and Radin Bangan, following investigations by labour department officials and a hearing that was held on July 13 in Subang Jaya.

The investigations and testimony heard during the court hearing, however, revealed that Simon and Radin had worked in the for only 10 years, not 15 as they had alleged in a police report on the matter lodged in May.

NONEIt was also revealed that the employer did in fact pay each of the brothers a monthly salary of RM400, together with EPF and Socso contributions, and the brothers had taken up personal insurance policies.

According to Ng, the company had also shown proof that the two brothers had actually remitted about RM2,000 every year to their father in Kampung Antayan in Serian, Sarawak.

Simon (right, in yellow) and Radin (checkered shirt) have since retracted the police report they had filed at the Central Police Station in Kuching, said Ng.

He did not state the quantum of compensation given by the company to Simon and Radin.