KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) has submitted a report to the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) which will go towards lifting the Withhold Release Order (WRO) imposed on the company since December 2020.

       The report includes a detailed assessment of the company’s Malaysian operations mapped against each of the International Labour Organisation’s forced labour indicators, said SDP in a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday.

       “The aim of the report is to demonstrate SDP’s full compliance with the US import regulations and international labour standards.

       “SDP has internal controls and systems in place to protect the rights of its workers and ensure their well-being while addressing and removing the existence of any possible indicators of forced labour,” said SDP. — Bernama