Maid ban to remain until safety improves
The ban on sending Cambodian women for employment as maids in Malaysia will be lifted once certain safety and training precautions for workers are established, a senior government official said yesterday. Seng Sakada, the director general of the Ministry of Labour, said that his office is developing procedures, such as pre-departure training for workers, and sending them to the International Labor Organization in Bangkok for review. … Malaysia remains at the forefront of gender-based migrant worker issues in Cambodia. Of the 315 trafficked Cambodians who have been repatriated so far this year, 181 were maids, and most were from Malaysia. The general picture painted by officials at the end of the conference was that Cambodia is confronting issues facing migrant workers, but that much work is still to be done. …
