Dhaka, Nov. 10 -- A Bangladeshi migrant worker who has campaigned for better wages and labour rights in Singapore has questioned the rejection of his work permit renewal application after 16 years in the country.

Ripon Chowdhury says Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) rejected his application after he publicly compared migrant workers' earnings with the prime minister's salary and called for stronger protections.

Singapore-based news outlet The Online Citizen (TOC) reported the matter on Monday.

Ripon began working in Singapore in 2010 and has been employed as a pipe fitter at marine industry company Seatrium since 2012. He also founded an organisation called Migrant Workers Singapore (MWS).

The controversy gained attention after ...