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
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz
Feb 26, 07 2:53pm
Political and civil society groups today decried the government’s
‘unholy haste’ to sign the US-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and
demanded that more time be allotted to deliberate the issues at stake.
The Associated Press
February 26, 2007
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysian officials — who have accused foreign workers of boosting the crime rate, seducing local women and eating pet cats and dogs — are calling for the migrants to be ghettoized and tracked, a news report said Monday.
The Star
Monday February 26, 2007
IPOH: Retrenched workers of the Royal Perak Golf Club (RPGC) want to be re-hired based on terms and conditions of their Collective Agreement (CA).
Bernama
By D.Arul Rajoo
February 25, 2007 15:31 PM
BANGKOK, Feb 25 (Bernama) — About 50,000 workers from the southern Thailand province of Songkhla crossed the border last year to work illegally in Malaysia, according to a report in the "Nation" daily today.
Bernama
From Mohd Arshi Mat Daud
February 25, 2007 10:01 AM
MECCA, Feb 24 (Bernama) —
Saying that the Government will not rush in introducing a minimum wage policy
for workers, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said implications of the policy would
be studied first before it is implemented.
Mehr News
Tehran Times Opinion Column, Feb. 25
TEHRAN, Feb. 25 (MNA) — While there are some benefits that will accrue to Malaysia from a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States, the disadvantages, it is apparent, will outweigh
its advantages.
New Straits Times
25 Feb 2007
V. Vasudevan
KUALA LUMPUR: There is no clash between the Home Affairs and Human Resources ministries over the Foreign Workers Bill.
The Star
Sunday February 25, 2007
MECCA: The Government agrees that there is good reason for the salaries
of the lower income groups in the civil service to be reviewed, Datuk Seri Najib
Tun Razak said.
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