Maid abuse scandals to lead labor recruiters to lay off staff
Overseas labor recruitment agencies that send maids to Malaysia are planning to lay off about 1,000 staff members as they prepare to close down many pre-departure training centers following a growing scandal around abuses and criminal activity during the recruitment, training and sending of maids. An Bunhak, president of the Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies (ACRA), said the association's 27 member companies, which run about 80 training centers, had held a meeting and many had decided to switch to a skeleton staff...
