Labor minister defends loophole in maids ban
The Minister of Labor yesterday defended his ministry’s much-criticized interpretation of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ban on sending maids to Malaysia, after it allowed about 3,000 young women to still be sent abroad despite the serious risk of abuse and exploitation. Minister of Labor Vong Sauth said the ministry had not flouted the prime minister’s order because the order had only banned new recruitment of trainees, and did not include those already recruited for work in Malaysia…
