Aspirant job seekers in Korea began their fast unto death binding white cloths around their heads in front of the National Press Club in the capital on Sunday demanding to be sent to Korea immediately.
Around 60 job seekers began the hunger strike on behalf of some 404 people who failed to go to Korea allegedly for negligence of Bangladesh Overseas Employment Services Limited.
The striking job seekers said they had passed the Korean language test in 2008 and 2009 as required under the Korean Employment Permit System and completed all necessary formalities including medical check up and submitted all the needed documents to the BOESL.
They alleged that as BOESL did not send their information to Korea correctly, the Korean authorities deleted their names from the list of the persons they wanted to take.
Talking to newsmen, one of the striking job seekers, Md Delwar Hossain, said earlier in June they had arranged a press conference at the National Press Club, sent letters to different ministries and departments and lastly observed hunger strike in front of BOESL to press home their demands.
'As all our earlier efforts went in vain, we began the fast unto death and would continue it until our demands are met,' he said.
Source : New Age
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