(Pic by punkt_klx / sxc.hu) I’VE had my share of issues with the Indonesian domestic workers hired by my family. In fact, those experiences may have actually made me more independent in terms of doing my own laundry and ironing. Heck, it definitely helped improve my cooking. However, as angry as I ever got at […]
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Recruitment of foreign workers declining
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 March 2009: The recruitment of foreign workers declined by 60,000 in the nine months between March to December last year, Dewan Rakyat was told today. Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the number of foreign workers that stood at 2.12mil in March declined to 2.06mil by December 2008. “With the […]
Bar Council’s call to disband Rela
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Dec 2008: The Bar Council today called on the authority to disband Rela (People’s Volunteer Corps) following numerous reports on its members’ abuse of power and brutality in enforcement raids. Bar Council Law Reform and Special Areas chairperson Datuk M Ramachelvam said Rela members were not trained for such a job and […]