News
16 September 2007
The Daily Star
Staff Correspondent
2007-09-16
The Bangladeshi workers who had been on a hunger strike on the premises of Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur since Tuesday alleged that men of recruiting agencies attacked and assaulted them on Friday night.
15 September 2007
The Star
Saturday September 15, 2007
SEPANG: Thousands of foreign workers, mostly from Bangladesh, have been forced
to eat and sleep in the KL International Airports car park upon landing
at the airport.
13 September 2007
Malaysiakini
Andrew Ong
Sep 13, 07 5:16pm
Some 100 Bangladeshis are on hunger strike over the past four days inside the Bangladeshi High Commission in Kuala Lumpur over a wage dispute.
12 September 2007
New Straits Times
2007/09/12
MALAYSIA has assured Indonesia that it will take serious and speedy action
against employers who abuse foreign workers.
11 September 2007
Bernama
September 11, 2007 17:43 PM
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara, Sept 11 (Bernama) — Malaysia has asked at least 20,000 Indonesian migrant workers (TKI) from East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province to be employed in plantations and other sectors, a regional government spokesman said.
Malaysiakini
Sep 11, 07 3:08pm
Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) secretary-general G Rajasekaran has been
elected president of the newly-founded Asia Pacific organisation of the Brussels-based
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).
The Star
By SAODAH ELIAS
Tuesday September 11, 2007
MAKASSAR (South Sulawesi): Steps are being taken to address problems involving
Indonesian workers in Malaysia that have resulted in them demonstrating and
creating a tense situation for Malaysians in Indonesia over the last few weeks.
10 September 2007
The Star
Monday September 10, 2007
MALAYSIANS need to change their perception of Indonesian workers as being good
for only menial jobs before relations between the two countries suffer more
serious damage.