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
Thursday October 4, 2007
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) is miffed at the Government ban on Bangladeshi workers, saying that such changes made in mid-stream wreaks havoc on their planning.
The Star
By PAUL GABRIEL
Thursday October 4, 2007
KUALA LUMPUR: News of the indefinite ban on Bangladeshi workers proved hard
to swallow for High Commissioner-designate M. Khairuzzaman, who had been hopeful
of an amicable solution.
Bernama
October 03, 2007 22:17 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) today asked the government not to raise the highway toll rates next year.
PinoyPress
October 3, 2007 at 1:56 pm
3 October 2007—Philippine Ambassador to Kuala Lumpur Victoriano M. Lecaros
reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that an Overseas Filipino Worker
(OFW) in Malaysia expressed gratitude to the Embassy for taking care of her
during her pregnancy until she gave birth to a healthy baby boy at the Kuala
Lumpur General Hospital last 24 September. Prior to the delivery, she was under
the Embassy’s custody for the past eighteen (18) days.
The Star
By MAZWIN NIK ANIS
Wednesday October 3, 2007
PUTRAJAYA: An indefinite freeze has been imposed on employing foreign workers from Bangladesh yet again, all because there are too many problems and “headaches” created by employers and both local and foreign agents handling the workers.
Tuesday, 02 October, 2007 | 12:37 WIB
TEMPO Interactive,
Jakarta: Migrant Care, a non-governmental organization (NGO) for
migrant workers, will report the Malaysian government to the United Nations
Human Rights Board. The report was related to the rape suffered by an Indonesian
worker, EW, by a group of the Malaysian People’s Volunteeer Union (Rela)
members.
Financial Times Deutchland
02.10.2007
von John Burton (Kuala Lumpur)
The country has become a magnet for foreign labour, with migrants wrongly blamed for rising crime.
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