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
Mar 2, 07 1:29pm
Selangor is offering an amnesty to 3,500 illegal factories
after finding they had attracted foreign investment and were contributing hundreds
of millions dollars to the economy.
The Irrawaddy
By Kyaw Zwa Moe/Kuala Lumpur
March 2007
Burmese migrants battle bureaucracy and exploitation in their search for a new life.
New Straits Times
28 Feb 2007
Leslie Andres
KUALA LUMPUR: The change in leadership here has improved ties between
the United States and Malaysia.
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.
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