Sunday, October 28, 2012

Indonesian maids now on SALE. Fast and Easy Application!

 Indonesian labor activist in Malaysia frustrated with discounted advertising placement appearance of women workers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the ad, noted the placement discounts up to 40 percent.

Migrant Care executive director Anis Hidayah, Sunday (28/10/2012) in Kuala Lumpur said the advertisement in the form of leaflets were posted on trees or in other places in the public space in Kuala Lumpur. In the ad stated that the maids from Indonesia "now on sale".


"Indonesian maids now on SALE. Fast and Easy Application!! Now your housework and cooking come easy. You can rest and relax, Deposit only RM 3.500! 7.500 nett RM Price," the ad twang.

Anis said, as long as an employer is required to pay a placement fee of 12,000 ringgit maids or approximately USD 36 million to the employment agency. The ad above is only offering placement fee of 7500 ringgit or nearly USD 27 million.

"Once we saw that, so we took blood. This form of harassment," said Anis when contacted from Jakarta on Sunday night. Through the Twitter account @ anishidayah at Anis expressed his frustration over the ad is appearing that he found in the Chow Kit area.

Anis suspect these ads distributed by a broker working with an employment agency. He said that in this way usually done to facilitate Malaysian citizens get workers from Indonesia after the Indonesian government imposed a suspension (moratorium) sending workers to Malaysia.

Anis said the moratorium on sending workers actually it was only done unilaterally by the government of Indonesia. Government of Malaysia, Anis said, keep open lines of sending workers and apply legally.

source: kompas.com

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