Kuala Lumpur: The human resource ministry has not yet received any complaints regarding the incident where a restaurant owner fired a staff member for wearing a cross at work.
“If we receive any complaints, we will look into the issue, and appropriate action may be taken,” its minister V Sivakumar told reporters after an event here.
“Currently, there is no information from the labour department on this.”
Sivakumar was asked by reporters if the government or his ministry would take action against the restaurant owner over incident which had gone viral.
On Tuesday, in the Dewan Rakyat, Ipoh Barat MP M Kulasegaran made similar calls, warning that the incident could escalate into more significant religious and racial tensions without appropriate intervention.
On Nov 20, a Chinese Muslim restaurant in Kuala Lumpur faced backlash on social media for terminating an employee who had been shown wearing a cross, in a video that went viral.
Following this, the restaurant had received brickbats online for the sacking, which many claimed was discriminatory.
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