The National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (Nufam) has expressed surprise over Human Resources Minister Richard Riot Jaem’s apparent decision to not refer the cases of 3,600 retrenched Malaysian Airlines (MAS) workers to the Industrial Court.

Nufam president Ismail Nasaruddin said he only learned about Riot’s decision from a Malaysiakini article last week.

“I was caught off-guard by the article...because no official letters (about this decision) were sent to any of the 3,600 affected.

“We have confirmed with the workers that no information has been given to them since,” he stated at a press conference at the Nufam secretariat in Subang Jaya this morning...