Forking out more for Indonesian maids


PETALING JAYA: Desperate Malay­sian employers are forking out almost double of what they should be paying – between RM14,000 and RM15,000 in agency fees and others – for an Indonesian domestic worker.

And the situation will get worse now that the visa fee for Indonesian workers coming to Malaysia has gone up by about 15-fold since last month, claimed the Malaysian Association of Foreign Maid Agencies (Papa).

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

Best Value

Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 8.02/month

Billed as RM 96.20 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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