Shuttered but still collecting
T & P, the notorious labour recruitment firm that was closed down last year because of its appalling record of abuse scandals, is continuing to receive and pocket remittances from maids stranded in Malaysia, a coalition of rights groups told a press conference yesterday. At the conference, hosted by Coordination of Action Research on AIDS & Mobility, executive director Ya Navuth said the number of complaints filed against T & P and Giant Ocean International, which mysteriously shut down in February, had skyrocketed this year. … Navuth said the families of migrant workers had filed 56 complaints against T & P and 46 against Giant Ocean International in the first six months of this year, a seven-fold increase compared with the same period in 2011. …
