Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - Malaysia`s human resources ministry and the association of foreign housemaid agencies were expected to investigate a domestic helper supplying agency in the country for allegedly locking up an Indonesian migrant worker in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Deputy Minister for Human Resources Abdul Rahman Bakar said here Monday he would send the ministry`s officials to the site of the incident. "We will take stern measures if the locking-up incident is proven as it concerns life and a foreigner," Berita Harian daily quoted Abdul Rahman as saying.
"No matter whether or not the agency has a license, stern measures will be taken. The ministry considers it a serious case," he said.
If the agency is found guilty, it will face law on workers imposing a 50,000-ringgit fine or a two-year imprisonment, he said.
"The victim needs to file a lawsuit soon to the nearest police and the manpower office so that a measure can be taken and the victim will obtain appropriate justice," he said.
Abdul Rahman made the remark in response to mass media reports in Malaysia on an Indonesian housemaid identified as Nanang Rahmawati (39) from Jakarta who was allegedly locked up for four days without meal by the agency at Sutera Utama trade centre in Johor Bahru.
Nanang entered Malaysia in September, 2007, but her employer was said unsatisfied with her work and returned her to the agency. (*)
Deputy Minister for Human Resources Abdul Rahman Bakar said here Monday he would send the ministry`s officials to the site of the incident. "We will take stern measures if the locking-up incident is proven as it concerns life and a foreigner," Berita Harian daily quoted Abdul Rahman as saying.
"No matter whether or not the agency has a license, stern measures will be taken. The ministry considers it a serious case," he said.
If the agency is found guilty, it will face law on workers imposing a 50,000-ringgit fine or a two-year imprisonment, he said.
"The victim needs to file a lawsuit soon to the nearest police and the manpower office so that a measure can be taken and the victim will obtain appropriate justice," he said.
Abdul Rahman made the remark in response to mass media reports in Malaysia on an Indonesian housemaid identified as Nanang Rahmawati (39) from Jakarta who was allegedly locked up for four days without meal by the agency at Sutera Utama trade centre in Johor Bahru.
Nanang entered Malaysia in September, 2007, but her employer was said unsatisfied with her work and returned her to the agency. (*)
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