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?
Sun2Surf
Pauline Puah
PETALING JAYA (Jan 3, 2007): A 51-year-old man has been detained by the Immigration Department on suspicion of being involved in a syndicate to smuggle Bangladeshi workers into Johor via Singapore.
New Straits Times
03 Jan 2007
Zainul Arifin
The
building industry depends on foreign labour to get the job done.
IF all
foreign workers, legal or otherwise, were to call in sick, at the same time, for
a week or two, chaos would reign in the country, I believe.
New Straits Times
03 Jan 2007
PUTRAJAYA: Having eluded the authorities for three months, the infamous
"Badal" wanted for bringing in illegal foreign workers walked into the
arms of the law.
New Straits Times
30 Dec 2006
KUALA LUMPUR, SAT: THE Employees Provident Fund’s move to restructure the accounts of members to increase their savings on retirement has been well received.
Malaysiakini.com
Dec 28, 06 5:04pm
A day-long fax campaign is being organised by several organisations to object
the 4th round of negotiations of the Malaysia-US Free Trade Agreement talks.
Malaysiakini.com
Dec 26, 06 10:52pm
Former workers of Bukit Rajah estate and Bukit Rajah Oil
Mill estate in Klang, Selangor feel that they’ve been shortchanged by their
one-time employer Prominent Acres Sdn Bhd and the union that was supposed to protect
their interests, the National Union of Plantation Workers (NUPW).
Bernama
December 26, 2006
21:36 PM
PUTRAJAYA, 26 Dis (Bernama) — The Immigration Department is looking
for 12 big firms including those listed on Bursa Malaysia for employing 428 Bangladeshi
workers whose visas have expired.
26 December 2006 – Hearing reports of sexual
and psychological abuse, long work hours and irregular payment of salaries, an
independent United Nations expert has called on Indonesia, which provides many
migrant workers for overseas employers, to ensure that recruitment agencies protect
the human rights of their workers.
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