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?
Beaten and brutalised in Malaysia . . . and elsewhere
The Daily Star
Editorial
Syed Badrul Ahsan
2007-09-19
It is a most healthy condition when the government of a country chooses to be firm with that of another. When the Bangladesh authorities lodged a complaint with the Malaysian government sometime ago against the Kuala Lumpur firm responsible for the plight of about a hundred Bengali workers in the country, it did what was expected of it.
The Daily Star
Abdul Alim
2007-09-19
The manpower export sector is at a crossroads of immense opportunities and
challenges that it has never experienced before. New markets have already opened
up, or are opening up, or waiting due approach from us to open up. The resistance
of the developed countries to cross-border mobility of labour is not paying
off for them.
Rights body blames HC in KL for abuse
Staff Correspondent
2007-09-18
The Bangladesh high commission in Kuala Lumpur must be held accountable for
the abuse and deplorable conditions suffered by its own citizens, said Tenaganita,
a migrants and women rights organisation in Malaysia.
The Daily Star
Porimol Palma
2007-09-18
Everybody looks at the bundle of money that the overseas workers, mainly the
poor people of the country, send back home, but no one inquires what working
conditions they undergo and ultimately how they actually benefit from their
employment far from their relatives and homeland.
Malaysiakini
Syed Jaymal Zahiid
Sep 17, 07 7:06pm
The government is allegedly using religion as a means to ‘divide and weaken’ the Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC), claimed a source.
Malaysiakini
Sep 17, 07 5:37pm
They had sought sanctuary at their overseas mission. They went on hunger strike to demand for their unpaid salaries.
Malaysian cops hand over agitating workers to rights body
Staff Correspondent
2007-09-17
Bangladesh yesterday lodged a formal complaint with the Malaysian authorities
seeking stern action against Malaysian company PTC Asia Pacific for failing
to provide appropriate jobs and facilities to Bangladeshi recruits.
The Daily Star
Staff Correspondent
2007-09-16
The Bangladeshi workers who had been on a hunger strike on the premises of Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur since Tuesday alleged that men of recruiting agencies attacked and assaulted them on Friday night.
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