PUTRAJAYA, 27 Oct 2009: Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S Subramaniam has directed the Labour Department to coordinate with the authorities in prosecuting employers found to have abused their maids. “We will do everything we can to support the authorities as they take legal action against those involved,” he said in a statement here today. […]
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Special govt unit to address maid abuse?
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Oct 2009: The Home Ministry is considering setting up a special unit by pooling the resources of several ministries to find the best way to address cases of maid abuse in the country. Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today in Parliament that he would raise the matter at the cabinet meeting. […]
Who’s afraid of Indonesian maids?
By Yow Hong ChiehChua Soi Lek questions the impact of giving a day off to domestic helpers MAIDS are people too. But you would not think so judging from the shockingly negative response from employers of domestic helpers to government legislation making one day of leave per week mandatory. Opposition to this law has laid bare the knee-jerk […]
Indonesian maid jailed for killing baby
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Feb 2009: An Indonesian maid was jailed five years by the High Court here today for killing her newborn baby two years ago. Unah Suma, 28, of west Java, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of killing her baby at her employer’s house in Jalan Sibu 4, Taman Wahyu, Jinjang, between 1am […]
Rumours can jeopardise search ops
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Dec 2008: Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar has dismissed as rumours claims that police and security personnel have broken into vacated houses in Bukit Antarabangsa where a major landslide occurred. He said police were treating the matter as rumours so long as no reports were made. “If it is true, […]
Foreigners threaten our country!
By Zedeck SiewSINCE February, I have been on the mailing list for Malaysia Untuk Malaysia (MUM), an anti-immigration and community safety non-governmental organisation. From their email exchanges, however, you’d think they were more of a social club. Not surprising, since their membership base is largely Klang Valley-centered, and seems comprised of white-collar professionals with families. As the […]
Homemaker guilty of hurting Nirmala Bonat
Updated at 6.25pm on 27 Nov 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Nov 2008: Homemaker Yim Pek Ha was today sentenced to 18 years’ jail after she was found guilty by the Sessions Court here of three counts of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to her Indonesian maid four years ago. Yim, 40, a former air stewardess, was […]
