The
dire shortage of maids affecting some 35,000 families has just gotten worse
with Cambodia springing a surprise ban on its citizens working as domestic
helpers in Malaysia.
This comes three days after Indonesia announced
that a moratorium on sending its maids had not been lifted pending a proper
framework being put in place.
A report from Phnom Penh yesterday said Prime
Minister Hun Sen made the decision after expressing disappointment with alleged
incidents of beatings and rape of Cambodian maids by their Malaysian employers.
The report quoted Cambodia's Community Legal
Education Centre, which helps abused domestic workers, as saying at least three
maids were killed in Malaysia, and two raped and kept in isolation.
Their passports were also withheld by their
employers.
The Association of Cambodian Recruiting
Agencies president An Bunhak said it would uphold the government order.
“The Ministry of Labour will enforce what the
prime minister has said,” An Bunhak said, adding that about 50,000 maids had
sought work in Malaysia since 2009.
Cambodian recruitment agencies had earlier
this year decided not to send maids to Kuwait after complaints of abuse by
employers there.
The ban has major implications on Malaysian
families as many employers turned to Cambodian maids following Indonesia's
freeze on their domestic workers.
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