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?
Malaysiakini.com
Aug 12, 06 11:49am
Vietnamese authorities are investigating allegations that six Vietnamese women
working in Malaysia were beaten by their boss, an official said.
New Straits Times
12 Aug 2006
KUALA LUMPUR: The Department of Occupational Safety and Health has set a target
to reduce industrial fatal accidents by 20 per cent in four years.
New Straits Times
12 Aug 2006
IPOH: It is wrong to remand local workers as part of police investigations
into the harbouring of illegal foreign workers by their employer.
Bernama
August 11, 2006 10:58 AM
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (Bernama) — A total of 62,256 workforce registered at
the Employment Division of the Manpower Department were still unemployed as
of last May.
New Straits Times
11 Aug 2006
Shahrul Hafeez
IPOH, FRI.: It is wrong to remand local workers as part of police investigations
on the harbouring of illegal foreign workers by their employer.
New Straits Times
11 Aug 2006
By Deborah Loh
PUTRAJAYA: As a front, he ran a company dealing in herbal supplements. But
he was actually an agent bringing in workers illegally from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Bernama
August 10, 2006 16:41 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 (Bernama) — Countries need to strike a balance between
ensuring job security for foreign workers with the growing need for businesses
and adopting flexible foreign labour market practices, an Indonesian government
official said here Thursday.
Bernama
August 10, 2006 14:46 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 (Bernama) — The absorption of foreign workers into the
labour force and economic system of a host country calls for the assumption
of certain responsibilities by the foreign labour importing nation, the Sultan
of Perak, Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah said here Thursday.
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