Cambodia bans its citizens from working as domestic helpers in Malaysia

PETALING JAYA: The dire shortage of maids affecting some 35,000 families has taken a turn for the worse with Cambodia springing a surprise ban on its citizens working as domestic helpers in Malaysia.

This comes three days after Indonesia announced that a moratorium on sending its maids had not been lifted pending a proper framework being put in place.

A Reuters report from Phnom Penh yesterday said Prime Minister Hun Sen made the decision after expressing disappointment with alleged incidents of beatings and rape of Cambodian maids by their Malaysian employers.

The report quoted Cambodia's Community Legal Education Centre, which helps abused domestic workers, as saying at least three maids were killed in Malaysia, and two raped and kept in isolation.

Their passports were also withheld by their employers.

The Association of Cambodian Recruiting Agencies president An Bunhak said it would uphold the government order.

“The Ministry of Labour will enforce what the Prime Minister has said,” An Bunhak said, adding that about 50,000 maids had sought work in Malaysia since 2009.

Cambodian recruitment agencies had earlier this year decided not to send maids to Kuwait after complaints of abuse by employers there.

The ban has major implications on Malaysian families as many employers turned to Cambodian maids following Indonesia's freeze on their domestic workers.

Malaysia National Association of Employment Agencies (Pikap) president Datuk Raja Zulkepley Dahalan said the newly-imposed ban was “very bad news”.

He said agencies had taken a beating during the maid shortage crisis with quite a number being forced to shut down.

“This doesn't only affect employers but agencies as well,” he said. “We have fewer than 150 active agencies now compared to over 300 previously,” he said.

Raja Zulkepley said employers should be prepared to source for maids from the Philippines and not put too much pressure on agencies.

Malaysian Maid Employers Association (Mama) said Cambodia's decision was “very harsh and drastic”.

Its president Engku Ahmad Fauzi Engku Muhsein said Cambodia should focus on implementing better protection for its maids, not issue a total clampdown.

“The majority of employers take care of their maids very well,” he said. “This decision will just make the maid situation worse in Malaysia.”

Engku Ahmad Fauzi said Malaysian employers should be educated and made to change their mindset so that maids would be viewed as “part of the family

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Furious Khmers as always

The PM does care about his people, huh? He's one shrewd guy.

Actually, he is not that shrewed at all. He has just pretty much put all those people onto the unemployed category. Seeing as Cambodia has no welfare system, how will those people feed their families? they will either find that kind of work elsewhere in one of the other neighbouring countries where the pay could be even less and the conditions even worse. Also, it is also damaging relations with Malaysia.

Hun Sen does it for face. He doesn't think things through lol Hun Sen is not a politician, he is a thug lol shrewd? hardly lol

Maid jobs is a a kind of modern day slave jobs. It's Cambodia ban this and I think every country should because it is our kind of a thing in our culture.

Retard, Working as a servant is one of the only options available to people with no education and no working skills. There is no welfare system, no education for the poor people so they can have access to higher skilled jobs.

You obviously have no clue about Asian culture lol this isn't America, sonny. If these people don't work, they will starve to death and their families will starve to death. "We will not be servants" is the exact idiot thinking that came up with this decision. Its not exactly a well thought out decision. Hun Sen is a thug, he doesn't care about his people. Just worried about saving face lol.

And you should actually learn about SEA culture before you preach about it lol

Well retard, I don't agree with maid jobs. I think everyone should clean up their own mess and stop being lazy.

People can do whatever they want to do. As long as they aren't harming anyone then it makes no difference to me. Putting a ban on peoples job role just because you don't morally agree with it is just stupid. Imagine your parents one day decided to hire a maid from Lao or Cambodia. Will you send her back home knowing that her 6 kids will not have anything to eat if she doesn't work?

Your just a heartless kid

There are more better jobs out there then maid. Maid is just a slave job even look at Thailand they even have maid slave grandmother working as a maid. And at the end. Thai are considered a heartless people on earth. They don't see this as a moral issue, but instead a job. Specifically a modern slave jobs nothing more. Of course a Thai would always denied it.

Don't Trying to be look Smart you isn't look that smart!!! That is non of your business!!!!! We known what we are doing?? Just look back to your country!!!!!

I agree!!! Maid job is considered a modern day slave jobs with under pays. That's all their to it.

so tell me brainiac. What other jobs out there for unskilled uneducated people? prostitution? lol retard.

The choices are very limited for these kind of people.

1. Farmer <--- barely any money
2. Factory worker <---- better than a farmer but work is much harder and longer hours
3. Prostitute <---- make the most money but losing out on dignity
4. Servant <---- makes average money for easy job

What other jobs do you think is available for them? IT technician? even a McDonalds worker needs to be able to read and write lol SEA is a place where education is very important. No good or decent jobs can be had unless you have at least a bachelors degree. The poor uneducated people have little to no choice.

Why don't you actually do something good for them and sponsor some poor children so they can go to school? Im already putting 4 kids through school, it doesn't cost an arm or a leg. For you it would be spending something like $66 per term! Put your money where your mouth is, retard

We are talking about maid jobs at every homes. But if it was a commercial job like the hotel or other general public places maid would fit just right as a service jobs in general. But having it in every home. I don't think so.

Whats the difference between a house maid and house keeping in a hotel? lol

There is reasons why we allow to sent them to work in Malaysia. And there is a good reason why we ban them!!! Not only Cambodia did this but also included Indonesia as well!!! There is a serious problems that we can't stand for these!!!

They do similar jobs. You retard. I was only given an example of how maid in asian country is considered modern slave work.

The reason is that Malaysian used these maid as a sex worker or sex slave in there country. Same can be said about Thailand too which the Thai government is hiding it just to save face among its neighbors.

Sex with a maid? lol don't be silly lol Thailand is the sex capital of the world rememeber. Who the hell wants to have sex with a maid when punani is readily available lol are you having fantasies about having sex with maids after you liberated them? is that it? lol

Those maids that got raped etc is the same old story that happens to any woman of any profession. Its Mans evil nature. Nothing to do with the job rofl

Yes, I agreed!!!!

Must be you're fantasy. Since you brought just vanity temptation into our conversation. Also I heard a lot of story in Thailand that Lao are being sex slave and were sometime force to work as a sex worker in Bangkok. You Thai are sick with no moral or value!!!

Lao are being sex slave in Thailand? Lao are FORCED into being a sex worker? roflmao

Nothing forced about it retard. Those Lao girls cross the border to become a sex worker so they can feed their starving families in LPDR. Do we need to dig up those stories again? what happens when these girls get deported back to Laos? they cross the border and do it all over again.

Moral of the story. Laos people are starving and there is no money to be made in Laos so they come to Thailand OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL and prostitute themselves. Do you know how easy it is for them to go home if they wanted to? Thailand has built enough bridges for them to walk over lol

Lao girls are being trick into having well paid jobs in Thailand. But once they reach Bangkok they are force to work as sex slave and service girls. I hear many stories about this from my relative in Laos. So you don't need to lie to me and my people you devil. Karma will be upon you once after this flood again. Do you want to know the next Karma for Thailand is?

Tricked? lol do your telling me uneducated unskilled Lao girls are told they will go to Thailand and get good jobs and they believe it enough to go with those guys? lol do you see how stupid this story is? lol most likely thing is those people tell other people this to save face. No one wants a prostitute in the family. The only way around it is to say they were tricked/forced. Kidnapping into prostitution is one thing. Tricked? lol oh come on. I give Lao people more credit then that. They can't be that stupid.

Next Karma for Thailand? no tell me oh wise one. What is this next Karma?????? lol

Yes Thai are known to kidnap little boys and girls and also force and tricked many young Lao to work as a sex slave. I hear many stories about this from my relatives. So you do understand do you? And my parents even had a couple of conversation with some Thai during the Lao and Thai new year and many of them actually agrees.


Also the next's Karma is someone you adore so much and revered the most in the Kingdom of Thailand. His death will lead to Thai separation and revenge that will eventually lead to civil war and war against its neighbors. Thailand will not be the same anymore.

pffft $hit, I thought you were going to tell me something I didn't know lol

All good things must come to an end. Actually I predicted a civil war after his death years ago lol

But for the sake of things, I will adopt a Khmer and Lao mentality and believe "THE KING WILL LIVE 1 MILLLION YEARS!!!!" lol

That isn't our mentality. What a retard you are. Also you cannot say anything about yo're King because they are watching you. So you better be careful or go to jail and get rape by them dark Siamese mens. LMAO! My advice, don't drop the soap!

roflmao they can't put me in jail

This is the reason why Lao and Khmer support Redshirt. LOL They wanna see Thailand destroyed like their backwark homeland Laos/Cambodia.

Sorry to say that you don't know Redshirt well. They just need true democracy, not any separation. There are no pure Lao, pure Khmer anymore in Thailand. We are all mixed together as one THAI. LOL That's why you will see some Thai Isan treat lao and khmer from Laoscambodian as strangers. YOu should concentrate on LAOS for your lao sake becos you have no future for return back to your motherland Laos. Being tenth class citizen, a son of refugee in Farang land is just real disgrace, but you dont' feel it.

Back to topic. Lao is the main source to be house maid in Thailand. Becos you lao can speak Thai fluently. Khmer and Burmese, most of them work in factories. These immigrant workers are millions in number, they love coming to work in Thailand becos we give them higher salary and more importantly, free universal health care.

Bingbingb!tch and Khmenboi are just like a child. They don't have anything in their brain to debate.

Normal Laoscambodian retardness.

And why have our debate has turn into the Red shirt conversation now? And is that true coming from a Thai who seem to looked upon the Lao people and give them bad image? I see how you are now.

And why did you turn to Thai king in the first place? I have been seeing, you Lao trolls condemn Thai king with no reason. You have no manner first, you don't expect me to be polite with you Laoscambodian.

Why should be respect you Thai when you people didn't respect us the first time? Even now it is spreading through all the website like plague.

You know whats funny? there's millions of Lao people in Lao with the picture of the Thai king on their walls lol why not a picture of the Lao king??????? why don't you ask your relatives lol

LOL what a joke. You think we really care you Laoscambodian in the first place. It's you people keep whining and being jealous to Thai people. No Thais give a dam to you guys.

And how would you know? And since you think Lao live in slum and you would never go there anyways. And what makes you think my relative would hang picture of you're king?

Oh really? I beg the differ.

Normal Thais think Lao are pinong becos Lao are related to Thai Isan. but Lao people don't think that way, they think Viet are pinong. LOL This is real awkward, we Thais are too nice to you. I am currently spreading this fact to our Thai fellows, so that they can realize the truth of Lao people's thinking today. We have millions of Lao, khmer descent in Thailand right now, and we share blood, share our Thainess, share our national pride. No need for other Lao Khmer out there.

But for Laos, I think lao is just real minority in the land (falsely) called Laos.

Well we aren't you Siamese or will we ever will be. Also why spread such hate among our Pi-nong if you really feel that we are??? Also what do you feel about us? I really do want to hear it from you and please be truthful.

Who is us? your not Lao lol What passport do you have? Lao is not an ethnic identity. If you hold an american passport.. YOUR AN AMERICAN!! rofl

Pinong chao lao bor hed jung si, ai buk kwai falang wannabe lol

We Thais are all pinong in Thailand. I am pinong of Khon Nuea (Lanna), Isan (NE Thai people) and Khon Taay (southern Thai). I am not your Pinong. you are to much retard and aggressive to all Thais and everything Thai. you act like enemy to us with no reason. Sabai is true, you are just american who know only black hiphop, not anything Lao, let alone the Tai.

I am still Lao you idiot. If Thai still considered us to be Pinong. I think Thai socially and its mainstream should show some respect towards the Lao people. It is you Thai who tried to hurt us first in Movies,News and even us Lao as a slang. And you people still dare to called us Pi-nong? Wow that is the reason why we turn our head away from you two face Thai back stabbers.

You have Lao passport? lol lies.

Your just an American pretending to be Lao

you are not Lao nor Tai.

I am malaysian, and majority of us treat our maids well. There are some bad employers though, the same asin any country. In general, due to the social nature, the malaysian malays treat their maids well. Most of the incidents, or harsh treatments came from malaysian chinese families. The native malay (melayu) will only accept muslim cham but the malaysian chinese will accept buddhist cambodian, or cambodian from whatever religion.

Well, Thai got problems about that, you can go to Thai chart room and explain them. We are Khmer understand about this situation. We do not complain Malaysian in general. You can look at this topic it was rise by Nationalism Thai!!!

I'm against home maid. I think it is a modern day slave laborer in Asian country now. Maid isn't like 4 decade ago anymore.

that's funny... If Camboland hs no problem. so why the hell Hunsen ban Khmer maids to work in Malaysia? retard!

Don't put your Ameircan brainwashed mind to real Asian people.

Don't worry how I responds to this friendly Malaysian and what I think. Please mind you're own business Thai ladyboy. We already know Thai lady roam in Malaysia too.

No, those are Lao, they speak Lao not Thai.