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?
Jakarta Post
Friday, January 12, 2007
MALAKA, Malaysia (Antara): Some 40,000 illegal migrant
workers across Malaysia will become the target of year-long massive operations
to be carried out by the Association of Malaysian Volunteers (Rela), a Malaysian
official said.
Sun2Surf
Jacqueline Ann Surin
05:02PM Thu, 11 Jan 2007
By tomorrow, the fourth round of negotiations for the free
trade agreement (FTA) between Malaysia and the US would have concluded in San
Francisco.
Malaysiakini.com
Soon Li Tsin
Jan 11, 07 1:32pm
A protest against the Malaysia-US Free Trade Agreement
(FTA) held by a group representing people living with HIV/Aids (PLHIV) today ended
without a hitch just after 10 minutes.
Bangkok Post
Cebu, Philippines (Agencies)
06:34 Jan 11, 2007
Asean has failed to reach a
consensus on whether a proposed agreement calling for stronger protection and
improved conditions for migrant workers should also cover family members living
with them in the employing country.
New Straits Times
Lokman Mansor reporting from Cebu, Philippines
11 Jan 2007
ASEAN senior economic officials met here yesterday to lay the groundwork for their leaders to improve the welfare of millions of migrant workers across the region.
Bernama
January 10, 2007 19:55 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 (Bernama) — Two construction workers were killed and 10 others injured when the scaffolding they were on at a height of 15 metres at the Pavillion shopping complex construction site in Jalan Bukit Bintang here, collapsed at 11am, Wednesday.
Malaysiakini.com
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz
Jan 10, 07 1:52pm
A signature campaign in Kedah has gathered support from 20,000
fishermen and farmers, demanding that the government calls off its talks with
the US on a free trade agreement (FTA) unless its impact on these sectors are
revealed.
Malaysiakini.com
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz
Jan 9, 07 3:33pm
For five years, Ali had been toiling for his company.
All of a sudden, the company told Ali that he was no longer needed.
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