Doing all to let foreign maids return


Big help: Indonesian maid Bibik Suraini doing household chores while her employer Siti Husaini takes care of her daughter at home in Selangor. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

PETALING JAYA: There are issues that must be overcome before foreign domestic maids can be allowed back into the country, said Human Resource Ministry (MOHR) deputy secretary general of operations Datuk Muhd Khair Razman Mohamed Annuar.

“These are trying times and we acknowledge the problems faced by employers and private recruitment agencies.

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