Malaysia is one of Asia's biggest employers of foreign labour. But recently, cases of deaths, abuse and forced labour have come to light. What is going on? Who is protecting these migrant workers?
"Of course, we need workers from Indonesia. In fact, we are grateful that
they are willing to work in our country and help our economy to grow … but
these workers have to enter our country legally and they must respect our laws,"
he said in an interview with Bernama, here.
<p>Zainal Abidin said Malaysia would continue to repatriate illegal Indonesian
workers because the government does not want these workers to be abused by their
employers or thrown behind bars in Malaysia when they caused mischief.</p>
<p>"There is a lesson to be learnt from the painful experience of the illegal
immigrants in Malaysia. As long as the Indonesian workers continue to enter
Malaysia illegally, they will be exposed to physical abuse and ill-treatment
by prospective employees.</p>
<p>"They also risk being arrested and thrown behind bars if they come illegally,"
he said when commenting on the repatriation of thousands of illegal Indonesian
workers and the abuse of some illegal workers in Malaysia in recent years. —
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