KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 — The Human Resources Ministry has pledged to implement several measures to address allegations of forced labour in the country.
The US State Department said last Friday it had downgraded Malaysia to the worst tier in its annual report on human trafficking even as Putrajaya said it would ramp up efforts to stem the problem. “The Human Resources Ministry takes serious note of the issues that fall under the ministry’s purview that were raised in the US State Department 2021 Annual Report on Human Trafficking which recently placed Malaysia in Tier 3,” Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said in a statement.
This includes making employers pay for social security for all hired domestic helpers starting mid-year and “studying” allegations of hidden costs in the recruitment process that placed workers in debt bondage.
Activists have been highlighting this for decades. What is so difficult? Have the minister ever talked to the foreign workers to find out how they got here? Tenaganita
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