State-owned fishing company, Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company Ltd (MIFCO) has declared that those fired from the company were negligent staff and asserted that all employees who conduct themselves as such will be terminated.
Many employees of Gaafu Alif atoll's Kooddoo Fisheries Complex, a processing facility of MIFCO, have been protesting on various social media platforms that they were fired from work without grounds, further revealing their termination letters on the platforms.