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?
By A Sivarajan One of the common arguments used by free trade lobbyists and government officials negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) are that if Malaysia signs the trade pact then it will substantially increase jobs in Malaysia. Even though experiences from trade liberalisations in Africa, Latin America and even from Nafta have shown […]
By Sharmila Valli Narayanan In an effort to curb my spending, I decided to live on RM900 a month for a few months. RM900 is the amount agreed upon as minimum wage in Peninsular Malaysia. In East Malaysia it is at RM800. I also wanted to “feel” how it would be to live on minimum […]
By Sharmila Valli Narayanan Last week, I elaborated on my challenge to try live on minimum wage to feel the pain of people within this wage bracket. I had a few advantages that other minimum wage earners didn’t: I would only use my RM900 to pay for food, transport and other necessities. The amount would […]
By Sharmila Valli Narayanan It started with a bet. My sister Shashi dared me to live on RM900 a month. The Minimum Wages Order 2012 had just come into effect a few months ago. “Some people raise families on minimum wages. You are single, surely it can’t be that hard to try and live on […]
Aidila Razak | 8:16AM Sep 6, 2013 While thousands of migrant workers have been caught in the immigration dragnet, hundreds of complaints have emerged indicating the existence of a multi-million ringgit scam involving the 6P foreign worker legalisation programme. With those scammed provided with copies of Immigration Department and Home Ministry documents, there are also […]
6:40PM Sep 5, 2013 The crackdown on illegal workers is futile if the government does not also speed up the approval process of foreign workers for employers who need them most, MCA claimed. The government’s recent target of ‘zero illegal immigrants’ through its 6P programme and police campaign would only exacerbate the country’s economic problems, […]
Aidila Razak | 11:41AM Sep 5, 2013 EXCLUSIVE A Myanmarese migrant was arrested on Tuesday night despite having lodged a police report last month alleging that he had been cheated of his passport and thousands of ringgit by a so-called 6P agent. Picked up in Pudu, Kuala Lumpur at about 8pm, the 26-year-old man was […]
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