Doors to open for Cambodian and Thai maids

Monday October 4, 2010
The Star Online (Malaysia)

MUADZAM SHAH: The door will be open for more domestic helpers to come in from Cambodia and Thailand as an alternative to Indonesians by year-end.

Deputy Human Resources Minis­ter Senator Datuk Maznah Mazlan, who said this, added that she would visit both countries next month as part of the Government’s efforts to source for domestic workers and to simplify procedures to bring them in.

“All these years, Malaysia has been relying too heavily on one or two countries for domestic helpers. This caused various problems and difficulties when there is friction with those countries.

“As such, we felt it was high time the Government initiate efforts to explore and source maids from coun­tries such as Cambodia, Thai­land, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar,” she said at her Hari Raya open house in Bandar Muadzam Shah here yesterday.

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Ministry defends Cambodian Embassy

Monday, 13 April 2009
Written by CHRISTOPHER SHAY AND KHUON LEAKHANA
The Phnom Penh Post

The Foreign Ministry shot back at criticism from a Cambodian NGO that accused Cambodian embassy officials in Malaysia of turning their backs on a family of six Cambodians who found themselves in legal limbo after losing their jobs.The ministry said that, despite a lack of cooperation from the family, the embassy was still able to ensure their return to Cambodia. "If the Cambodian embassy did not pay attention and help them, how could these people have returned to Cambodia? They would surely have been condemned over illegal immigration in Malaysia," a recent press release said. Ya Navuth, the executive director of CARAM - the NGO critical of embassy - said on Sunday it was CARAM's efforts, not the government's, that helped the family return home.