In an excerpt from a book by MD Sharif Uddin, entitled Stranger To My World, The Covid Diary of a Bangladeshi Migrant Worker, the author shared his honest thoughts about being transported at the back of lorries.
Following the horrific accident a few days ago when migrant workers were flung out of a lorry after a collision with a tipper truck, which left 2 dead, he said that low-income migrant workers like themselves have just to accept that they must be transported in unsafe lorries in this modern city.
He asks how many more accidents must happen before lorries will not be used to carry migrant workers in Singapore.
He questions, how many of these accidents actually come to the attention of the “civilized” people of this society?
He shared that the sound of the crash of a lorry may not even reach their ears as they engage in their own activities.
He also wrote, don’t the rich in their brand new cars see the slaves in lorries when they stop at the same signal light?
Adding that can’t they come forward to stop the use of lorries to transport humans in this city?
Further adding that shouldn’t they draw the attention of the government to ensure basic safety for migrant worker? Of course they can.
Images and excerpts source: @wakeupsingapore on IG and MD Sharif Uddin