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?
(DPA)
2 July 2007
KUALA LUMPUR – About 200 Bangladeshi nationals gathered in front of a police
station in Malaysia’s central state of Negeri Sembilan after they said
they were cheated by a local agent who had promised them lucrative jobs in the
country, official reports said on Monday.
Bernama
By Mohd Nasir Yusoff
July 01, 2007 19:50 PM
JAKARTA, July 1 (Bernama) — The Malaysian government and the mass media have
never and will not cover any abuse cases of Indonesian workers as the inhumane
action by a fraction of Malaysian employers is also frowned upon by Malaysians,
Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin said.
New Straits Times
By : Arman Ahmad
2007/07/01
KUALA LUMPUR, Sun:
A survey involving 570,000 employees is being conducted to identify the
lowest-paying jobs in the country.
Bernama
By Mohd Nasir Yusoff
June 30, 2007 19:22 PM
BANDUNG, June 30 (Bernama) — The mass media should not jeopardise the close
bilateral relations between Malaysia and Indonesia which had been forged officially
for 50 years, said Malaysian Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin.
New Straits Times
2007/06/28
GELANG PATAH, THU.:
The Bangladeshi High Commission has claimed that all its workers employed
at an electronics factory here have not been maltreated or forced to work without
pay as alleged by a non-governmental organisation.
New Straits Times
By : Neville Spykerman
2007/06/28
SHAH ALAM: Some 289 illegal immigrants were arrested in a state wide operation
by Rela officers yesterday.
The Star
Wednesday June 27, 2007
BANGI: Companies providing goggles, gas masks, respiratory devices and others
for their workers may get a tax rebate if a proposal by the National Institute
of Occupational Safety and Health (Niosh) is given the nod by the Finance Ministry.
Malaysiakini
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz
Jun 27, 07 5:28pm
All Malaysians – not just Malays – stand to lose out to big business should
a free trade agreement (FTA) be signed between Asean and the European Union
(EU), cautioned lobby group Monitoring Sustainability of Globalisation.
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