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?
The Associated Press
Dec. 20, 2006, 11:48AM
JAKARTA, Indonesia — More than a million Indonesian migrant
workers in neighboring Malaysia face serious abuses from beatings and rape to
forced labor _ the bulk of them women and children, the top U.N. official on migrant
rights said Wednesday.
dpa German Press Agency
Wednesday
December 20, 2006
Jakarta- Indonesian migrant workers in neighbouring Malaysia
face serious abuses ranging from rape, beatings and long hours of forced work,
a senior UN official on migrant rights said Wednesday. Ending a week-long visit
to Indonesia, Jorge Bustamante, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation
of Human Rights of Migrants, blamed the abuses partly on a memorandum of understanding
signed by the two South-East Asian nations, which allows such violations.
ABC
Tuesday, 19/12/2006
Ten Malaysian workers have been arrested after allegedly working illegally on farms
near Menindee, in western New South Wales.
New Straits Times
19 Dec 2006
KLANG: Cuepacs yesterday defended its proposal to increase the number of civil servants by 2020, saying the workload will be heavier once Malaysia is a developed country.
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Today is International
Migrants Day, which the United Nations adopted in 2000 in order to focus attention
on the growing impacts of the movement of peoples worldwide in search of a better
life, to escape poverty, disasters or persecution.
New Straits Times
18 Dec 2006
KUALA LUMPUR: Civil servants are seeking a salary hike of between 10
and 40 per cent.
The Star
EXCLUSIVE
BY K.PARKARAN AND M. KRISHNAMOORTHY
Sunday December 17, 2006
KUALA LUMPUR: The EPF is taking another step to protect its six million members from being short-changed by employers who contribute less than they are supposed to.
Bernama
December 17, 2006 21:30 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 (Bernama) — Migrant workers were told
today to discard their fear and join any trade or employees union in the country
to protect themselves from exploitation by some recruitment agents and employers.
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