Malaysia is one of Asia's biggest employers of foreign labour. But recently, cases of deaths, abuse and forced labour have come to light. What is going on? Who is protecting these migrant workers?
Sun2Surf
Pauline Puah
07:13PM Tue, 27 Feb 2007
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 27, 2007): A coalition opposing the ongoing
free trade agreement (FTA) talks between Malaysia and the US has called on the
government to set up a feedback mechanism to bring about greater transparency
to the process.
Malaysiakini.com
Feb 27, 07 5:49pm
Migrant rights group Tenaganita has urged the immigration department to release Bangladeshi national Abdul Kalam who is pursuing a five-year dispute with his former employer.
Malaysiakini.com
Feb 27, 07 5:39pm
Malaysia will face a long wait for a free trade deal with
the United States if the countries fail to conclude current negotiations before
a crucial deadline, the US envoy here warned today.
Sun2Surf
Chandra Muzaffar
03:54PM Tue, 27 Feb 2007
While there are some benefits that will accrue to Malaysia
from a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US, the disadvantages, it is apparent,
will outweigh its advantages.
IPS News
Baradan Kuppusamy
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 (IPS) – A plan to confine some 2.8 million foreign workers to their ramshackle living quarters, on the grounds of curbing rising crime, has caused uproar with critics slamming it as modern day slavery.
Malaysiakini.com
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz
Feb 26, 07 2:53pm
Political and civil society groups today decried the government’s
‘unholy haste’ to sign the US-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and
demanded that more time be allotted to deliberate the issues at stake.
The Associated Press
February 26, 2007
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysian officials — who have accused foreign workers of boosting the crime rate, seducing local women and eating pet cats and dogs — are calling for the migrants to be ghettoized and tracked, a news report said Monday.
The Star
Monday February 26, 2007
IPOH: Retrenched workers of the Royal Perak Golf Club (RPGC) want to be re-hired based on terms and conditions of their Collective Agreement (CA).
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