Unscrupulous maid agencies in Malaysia
This is something I am not very proud of being Malaysian but I have to tell the truth. It looks like the agencies handling the maids in Malaysia are making profits out of sufferings of many innocent Malaysians.
To get a maid in Malaysia is no more a cheap affair these days with the introduction of middleman (the agencies) by the Malaysian Government many years back. These agencies are currently charging employers a whopping RM5000 for each maid supplied. Althought expensive, that is still acceptable by many in so far as normal dealing is concerned. But when agencies are luring the maid to leave the employers after the replacement period (very much like the warranty period) of three months so that they can earn another RM5000 to supply the ‘runaway’ maid to another employer, that is a bit too much, isn’t it?
According to Malaysian Association of Foreign Maids Agencies (Papa) president Datuk Raja Zulkepley Dahalan, the maids are paid well by the agents for leaving their employers.
Employers, meanwhile, are left in a lurch – losing not only the RM5,000 they had paid for a maid but also having to make do without the much-needed domestic help.
I hope the Government will act swiftly against these irresponsible agencies so that Malaysians are not made to pay unnecessarily to these greedy agency owners.
Read [Star Online]
[tags]maid, maid agency, runaway maid, maid scams in Malaysia, Malaysian Association of Foreign Maids Agencies[/tags]
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1 opinion for Unscrupulous maid agencies in Malaysia
kacman
Apr 17, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Another lacked of enforcement story of Bolehland..
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