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Malaysian couple jailed for starving maid to death

17 May 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Gender / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Marine and coastal areas / Water resources / Women in development
AFP / Agence France Press / Cambodian domestic workers / Cambodian maids / domestic worker abuse / domestic workers / government moratorium / Human Rights / maids / Malaysian aid / Malaysian court / Malaysian employers / Malaysian justice system / Minister of Women’s Affairs Mu Sochua / Ministry of Labor / Ministry of labor deputy director general Hou Vudthy / Ministry of Women's Affairs / moratorium on sending workers to Malaysia / Penag / working conditions

A Malaysian Court yesterday sentenced a couple to 24 years in jail for culpable homicide after their Cambodian maid starved to death while working for them in their home on the northwest coast of Penag, Agence France Press (AFP) reported. ... Cambodian opposition lawmaker and former ...

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Maid in landmark abuse case returns to Cambodia

10 July 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Judiciary and courts
Cambodian maid / compensation / employer / legal system / Malaysian aid / Malaysian court / victims

The first Cambodian maid to successfully sue her employer in a Malaysian court came home on Sunday, and is leveraging her landmark case to insist that more victims seek compensation through the legal system. ... ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012071057317/National-news/abused-maid-returns-to-cambodia.html

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