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?
The Star
Friday March 18, 2005
EMPLOYERS who do not pay their maids promptly every month now risk being fined,
jailed and barred from employing them in future.
The Star
Friday March 18, 2005
BY ROYCE CHEAH
PETALING JAYA: The Government has authorised the recruitment of 100,000 male
Pakistanis to relieve the acute labour shortage following the crackdown on illegals in recent months.
The Star
Thursday March 17, 2005
PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet Committee on Foreign Workers will hold a special meeting
on March 24 to discuss the labour shortage in the country caused by the slow
return of Indonesian workers here.
Malaysiakini.com
Claudia Theophilus
Mar 10, 05 11:07am
Malaysia is unwilling to relinquish executive control over the trades union
movement despite repeated recommendations by the International Labour Organisation
(ILO) to rectify the situation by amending the relevant laws accordingly.
The Star
Friday March 4, 2005
FORMER plantation workers of Ladang Bremor near Kajang were ecstatic after
receiving keys to their new homes on Wednesday.
The Star
Friday March 4, 2005
PENANG: At least 73 Indonesian workers who worked illegally in the northern
states have returned as legal workers.
The Star
Friday March 4, 2005
KUALA LUMPUR: It was the third day of Ops Tegas and a 150-strong Rela team
with five Immigration officials gathered in Dang Wangi, one street away from
the budget travel lodges that they were to raid.
The Star
BY MAZNI MUSTAFA
Wednesday March 2, 2005
IPOH: A Sessions Court here has issued a warrant of arrest for the managing
director of a construction company for failing to attend proceedings to explain
why he had not paid his 115 Bangladeshi workers their wages, amounting to nearly
RM900,000, despite a court ruling.
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