Human Resources Minister Richard Riot Jaem declined to offer reasons for why his ministry will not be referring the cases of 3,600 former Malaysia Airlines Systems (MAS) workers to the Industrial Court.

Despite previously saying that a formal reply would be issued, he stuck by his previous statement when contacted today.

“That is the reply. We don’t need to explain the reasons,” he told Malaysiakini in a text message, but declined to comment further...