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?
Indonesian envoy: Get help from embassy
By : Mazlinda Mahmood
2007/06/18
KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesian workers in distress
have been advised to seek help from their embassy instead of putting their lives
in jeopardy.
Bernama
June
18, 2007 14:18 PM
PUTRAJAYA, June 18 (Bernama) — Barely a month after the government
announced a pay hike for about one million civil servants, there is now a clamour
for the introduction of a minimum wage for private sector employees.
Bangladeshi workers not getting
actual salaries for greed of recruiting agencies, outsourcing companies
The
Daily Star
Porimol PalmaSun
June 17, 2007
Thousands of Bangladeshi
workers are living inhuman life in Malaysia due to unemployment and underpayment
because of cheating by the recruiting agencies in Bangladesh and the outsourcing
companies in Malaysia.
News Straits Times
By: John Teo
2007/06/16
THE tragedy of the mass shooting deaths at a wedding
in a longhouse in Song, Sarawak reveals the extent to which our nation’s
fate is now intertwined — for good or ill — with that of our giant neighbour to the south, Indonesia.
Bernama
June 14, 2007 23:04 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 (Bernama) — Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi said tonight Malaysia should not "overly restrict" the entry
of skilled workers particularly in strategic sectors as it could actually bring
benefit to the country.
Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:38AM EDT
KUALA
LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia, ranked by the United States as among the worst human
trafficking offenders, on Wednesday dismissed the listing which carries the threat
of sanctions as unjustified.
AP
2007-06-13 01:38:56 –
WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States has blacklisted Malaysia as among the
countries with the worst human trafficking problems.
Bernama
June 12, 2007 17:13 PM
BUTTERWORTH, June 12 (Bernama) — About 30 per cent of 1.92
million foreign workers in the country, especially those working at mamak restaurants, were not insured by their employers.
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