Embassy defends handling of maids

15 August 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Government / Informal migration for labor / International relations / Labor / Local workers abroad / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / Ministry of Interior / Offshore recruitment and employment
An Bunhak / Arun Rasmey / Datuk Raja Zulkepley Dahalan / Hor Namhong / Kuala Lumpur / Malaysian aid / Malaysian Association of Employment Agencies / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Ministry of Interior / PIKAP / Top Manpower

Cambodia’s embassy in Malaysia yesterday denied pressuring domestic workers from the Kingdom into renewing their visas, after rights groups told the Post last week that the embassy exploited a legal loophole to keep maids in the country. The statement came as a Malaysian employers association, which has observed the drafting of a new agreement to send more maids to the country following the imposition of a ban in 2011, for the first time revealed details of the proposed agreement. In a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong, Cambodia’s Ambassador to Malaysia Arun Rasmey defended the embassy’s policy of renewing maids’ visas. …

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