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The Ministry of Manpower is investigating the possible breach of regulations by migrant workers’ dormitory operators, which have failed to ensure their residents’ access to safe catered food.

It comes after The Straits Times visited 25 workers’ dorms across Singapore over a 13-day stretch, and found that meals were not being delivered properly, despite them being paid for.

ST’s Zaihan Mohamed Yusof observed that third-party vendors hired by caterers, including unregistered providers, left bags of cooked food, packed in styrofoam boxes, unattended and exposed.