​90 expat workers arrested in Oman

Energy Wednesday 13/February/2019 08:02 AM
By: Times News Service
​90 expat workers arrested in Oman

Muscat: A total of 90 expats have been arrested for violating labour laws, the Ministry of Manpower announced on Tuesday.

The arrests, officials said, were made during a joint inspection of homes that housed violating labourers in the Wilayat of Seeb.

In a statment online, the Ministry said:”The joint inspection team in Muscat governorate carried out an inspection campaign in the area of Southern Mawalih in wilayat Seeb. [This was done in] homes that sheltered labourers who violated labour laws.”

As a result of the campaign , “90 violating workers were arrested, and the necessary legal proceedings were being carried out against them,” the ministry added.