In Malaysia, maid ban met with mixed feelings

Reactions in Malaysian media to Cambodia’s Oct 15 ban on sending maids to Malaysia contain a mix of shame, indignation and a need to stress that most employers in Malaysia do not mistreat foreign domestic workers. “There are very few bad apples among us,” said an editorial in The Star newspaper on Sunday. “What a reputation we have garnered. How unfair. How exaggerated. And how untrue. Malaysians are generally good to their maids. We are not maid killers.”…