Coronavirus: Malaysian workers in Singapore in a quandary after being told to go on unpaid leave

When the Malaysian Movement Control Order (MCO) took effect on March 18, Cannie Leo scrambled to secure a S$800 (US$561) room in Woodlands with a friend, so that she could continue working for a construction firm in Singapore.Weeks later, Singapore announced that it was implementing its circuit breaker on April 7, which required all “non-essential” businesses to cease operations for a month.Leo’s employers asked her to take a month of unpaid leave, and the 27-year-old administrative assistant…