Sunday, September 9, 2007

‘Try-before-you-hire’ illegal maid service

Wednesday September 5, 2007
Other News & ViewsCompiled by NG SI HOOI AND A. RAMAN

A SYNDICATE is offering “maid express” service for RM100, Kosmo! reported.
The syndicate is active in the Klang Valley, including Shah Alam and Puchong.
Those interested can try out the service of the maids before hiring them permanently.
The daily's reporter went undercover and found out that the service received encouraging response. Maids were being hired everyday.

According to the person in charge, known only as Ibu Tuti, those interested could come anytime to pick up the maids from her house.
“If you interested, we have one maid available now.
“But they do not have any valid document except their passports,” Ibu Tuti told the reporter.
It is learned that some of the maids had run away from their previous employers.

“Some had just arrived from their villages (in Indonesia) and some had changed to different employers as they could not stand the work,” she said.
Malaysian Association of Foreign Housemaids Agencies president Datuk Raja Zulkepley Dahalan warned those hiring an illegal maid of the complications that may arise later.

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