By M. KRISHNAMOORTHY
KUALA LUMPUR: Recycling has become profitable, at least in the foreign maid agency business.
Recruiting agencies are in cahoots with Indonesian maids, encouraging them to run away from their employers after the replacement period of three months is over.
The maids are then sent to another employer and they are “recycled” up to four times in 12 months. Each time, an employer is charged about RM5,000 for the maid, meaning that the unscrupulous agent stands to pocket up to RM20,000 a year with just one maid.
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. Raja Zulkepley said that 30,000 maids had absconded in the past five years. “There has been a rising number of reports from employers that the maid agencies were recycling maids. “Their mode of operation is for the maid to run away after three months, which is the guaranteed replacement period. After this period, the agent does not have to provide a replacement maid.
“A maid can legally remain in the country for 12 months and thus the agent can recycle her up to four times,” he added. Accountant R. Rakesh believes he is among the “victims” of this scam. “My maid ran away after three months with my family. My agent, however, refused to give me a replacement even though I had bought an insurance policy that ensures that I get one even if my maid ran away after three months. “He claimed that there were not enough maids coming from Indonesia. But he offered to send me a temporary maid on a daily wage basis.
“Needless to say, I am paying quite a bit for this,” he added. Rakesh approached another maid agency and was told there had been many cases of maids running away after three months.
“We have actually found some maids, who had run away, being moved to other states by their agents,” he added, saying that he has lodged a police report against his maid agency.
A lecturer, who asked to be named only as Rahman, said his maid had also run away after three months. “The maid agency refused to compensate me or find me a replacement as the 'three-month warranty period' had expired”. “A few of my friends have also undergone the same thing.” When contacted, Immigration director-general Datuk Wahid Mohd Don urged employers to call the department if they were victims of such unscrupulous agents.
“Tell us who these agents are and we will investigate. If we find them to be cheating employers, we will de-register and blacklist them. They cannot operate a maid agency anymore,” he added.
Tuesday 17 April 2007
Wednesday 4 April 2007
2nd blog intro in a row
why maid in malaysia?
This idea came about during breakfast with my wife and the mother-in-law, a few days ago, whilst the topic of conversation is again about , you guess it right, i'ts about the maid whom we've send back on the 28th of Mac, the main reason being, the 'cinta agung' (the ultimate love) problem. You are well aware of the so call cinta agung problem if you've watched Puteri Gunung Ledang, the movie. You know, the story about the undying love of puteri gusti (the javanese princess) and hang tuah (the malay warrior) . Except that in this real life love story, the princess (who is apparently a maid and javanese) is already married with children falls for another warrior ( a javanese bloke who has long lived in Malaysia and even did some minor repair work at the house of the maid's employer) ( and yes, there is where the so call 'hook up' started and blossoms!). That bloke is also married, with a wife living in Malaysia and they have 2 kids. So, i guess you now know a lil bit of what this blog is to be about.
I will certainly blog a bit at length on the love story soon, but what i really intend to do is, to create a circle of informed bloggers on this common problem that we all share. I hope to create some kind of a page where i (we) can enclose all the bioadatas, pics, story mory, adoration and respects, for all the 5 maids (i think i'ts 5 not including the borrowed ones from the in law) and i sincerely hope that you all out there will contribute to this blog. Actually, i already have 2 people who wants to contribute.
So how would this benefit you, you say? This is where this blog makes perfect sense. When the ball starts rolling, this will be a page of reference just in case you've hired a runaway one or maybe unlucky enough hire a real two faced or maybe hire a really good one that is really good to you, your kids and your spouse. You can also expect this blog to indirectly give you tips on ways to (and not to) handle your maid.
Contribution in any languages are most welcome. non london language and campor also can.
I guess u can shoot out your email in the comment box, and i try to find a way to will allow you in blog and have your way with your maid. (this sounds a bit 'teruk', is it not?).
I have not have time to think about the legal repercussions of having the mugshots of people without their consent displayed in this blog. Will there be defamation suits on the way for me? think about it later, and find my way around it, when it (i hope it'll never) comes.
p.s.
Puan S,
Puan dijemput untuk memberi ulasan yang sewajarnya kepada persoalan yang ditimbulkan.
stk
This idea came about during breakfast with my wife and the mother-in-law, a few days ago, whilst the topic of conversation is again about , you guess it right, i'ts about the maid whom we've send back on the 28th of Mac, the main reason being, the 'cinta agung' (the ultimate love) problem. You are well aware of the so call cinta agung problem if you've watched Puteri Gunung Ledang, the movie. You know, the story about the undying love of puteri gusti (the javanese princess) and hang tuah (the malay warrior) . Except that in this real life love story, the princess (who is apparently a maid and javanese) is already married with children falls for another warrior ( a javanese bloke who has long lived in Malaysia and even did some minor repair work at the house of the maid's employer) ( and yes, there is where the so call 'hook up' started and blossoms!). That bloke is also married, with a wife living in Malaysia and they have 2 kids. So, i guess you now know a lil bit of what this blog is to be about.
I will certainly blog a bit at length on the love story soon, but what i really intend to do is, to create a circle of informed bloggers on this common problem that we all share. I hope to create some kind of a page where i (we) can enclose all the bioadatas, pics, story mory, adoration and respects, for all the 5 maids (i think i'ts 5 not including the borrowed ones from the in law) and i sincerely hope that you all out there will contribute to this blog. Actually, i already have 2 people who wants to contribute.
So how would this benefit you, you say? This is where this blog makes perfect sense. When the ball starts rolling, this will be a page of reference just in case you've hired a runaway one or maybe unlucky enough hire a real two faced or maybe hire a really good one that is really good to you, your kids and your spouse. You can also expect this blog to indirectly give you tips on ways to (and not to) handle your maid.
Contribution in any languages are most welcome. non london language and campor also can.
I guess u can shoot out your email in the comment box, and i try to find a way to will allow you in blog and have your way with your maid. (this sounds a bit 'teruk', is it not?).
I have not have time to think about the legal repercussions of having the mugshots of people without their consent displayed in this blog. Will there be defamation suits on the way for me? think about it later, and find my way around it, when it (i hope it'll never) comes.
p.s.
Puan S,
Puan dijemput untuk memberi ulasan yang sewajarnya kepada persoalan yang ditimbulkan.
stk
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