Malaysia Threatens PRT addition Recruit RI

Malaysia will recruit workers from other neighboring countries if Indonesia continues to ban its citizens become domestic servants (PRT) in the country.

Labor Minister S Subramaniam suggested Malaysia Indonesia to open all opportunities of negotiations before taking a new step.

"If the decision (the ban while sending TKI) is a final decision, we will decide the next best step. Most likely step is to recruit domestic workers from ASEAN countries," said Subramaniam told Bernama. He revealed, the Malaysian Government will submit amendments to the Law of Labor in 1955.

Later, the government will set a standard contract between employer and domestic worker supplier agencies. Government of Malaysia will organize a number of criteria, including the duration of the contract and when domestic workers to leave Malaysia. "Earlier, the contract solely between the employer and agents, without turn down government departments. Later after the amendment, it will change," he said.

Once amended, the government will introduce new rules to avoid misunderstandings between employers and domestic agents. "We will look at all aspects of the contract so that all parties benefit," he said. Subramaniam revealed 50 cases of maid abuse reported each year.

The number of Indonesian domestic workers in Malaysia reached 300,000 people. That includes 1.2 million citizens of Indonesia who work in Malaysia, with the number of illegal migrant workers reached 800,000 people. Earlier, Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak vowed to take stern measures against anyone who abuse domestic workers from Indonesia. Then, he suggested that people who employ migrant workers Malaysia Indonesia watched welfare workers.

"We will take legal recourse, whoever is torturing her maid," he said at that time. Recent cases of torture experienced workers modesta Rangga Kak, 25, who claimed to be persecuted almost every day since worked almost two years ago in Kampung Baru Ampang. Injured his right ear and many bruises all over his body, especially in the thigh.