The Myanmar Social Assistance Association (Malaysia) said that officials from labor attaché office from the Myanmar Embassy in Malaysia have been negotiating with the employer to receive the deserved rights of a Myanmar worker who died in a gas cylinder explosion at a plastics factory in Malaysia.

The funeral of a Myanmar worker who died when he arrived at the hospital after being seriously wounded in a gas cylinder explosion was held on February 25 at the Hindu Cemetery in Klang , Selangor, Malaysia. The incident occurred on February 17 when a gas cylinder exploded at a plastic factory in the Talokekone Ward, Selangor State, Malaysia, killing a Myanmar worker. The deceased Myanmar worker is 30 years old and a native from Gonmin Kwin East Village, Pantanaw Township, Ayeyarwady Region.