CNRP Requests Migrant Worker Draft Agreement
The opposition CNRP has written to the embassies of Singapore and Malaysia requesting copies of draft agreements with the Cambodian government on sending migrant workers to the countries that they say they were not privy to. A Ministry of Labor official last month said the government was in talks with Malaysia to resume sending maids to the country after Prime Minister Hun Sen in October 2011 instituted a ban amid recurring reports of abuse at the hands of their employers. Maids also began arriving in Singapore in September as part of a pilot program that will see about 400 Cambodians working as maids in the city-state by the end of this year. The CNRP’s letters, signed by party whip Son Chhay and public affairs head Mu Sochua, say that copies of the agreements with the two countries have not been made available for scrutiny by the Cambodian government. … Speaking to reporters separately Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said that Foreign Minister Hor Namhong had requested that Mr. Abdul Rashid ensure that measures are put in place to protect migrant workers headed for Malaysia after the ban is lifted in the next two months.
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
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