An official source from the Permanent Committee of Labour Affairs in Dubai which includes representatives from different departments including the Ministry of Labour, the Human Rights Department of Dubai, and the Dubai Naturlisation and Residency Department, confirmed the protest saying that several committee members rushed to the labour camp to hear out the problem of agitating labourers and to try and resolve the dispute - which is expected by Saturday.

Investigating the claim of the workers, he added, it was proved that they were not paid their salaries for the past three months.

"It seems that the delay in salary payments might be due to the change of ownership from one businessman to another," he noted.

"The new employer, Matar Rashid A Jabiri, expressed his readiness to instantly pay the salary arrears," said the official adding, "The new employer will do so on Saturday."

According to the rules, the former and present employers are both jointly responsible for honouring all the financial commitments of a company, even when it involves a change of ownership."