By Esther Tan

A GROUP of Bangladeshi workers, feeling short-changed over their salaries, went to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) with the story that their employers were setting them to work on additional jobs.

Caught out in their lies, the 29 each landed themselves two-week jail terms yesterday for giving false information to the MOM.

This is the first time the ministry has hauled foreign workers to court for making false allegations about their employers with a view to getting on board its Temporary Job Scheme.

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