Envoy: Forced labour still an issue

Unknown quantity: Hermono believes that reported cases are ‘just the tip of the iceberg’.

PETALING JAYA: While complaints of the abuse of migrant workers in the plantation and electronic industries have dropped in the past two years, reports of forced labour remain high for those in the domestic sector, says Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Hermono.

He attributed the general improvement on the treatment of migrant workers in plantation companies and electronic industries to these two sectors having adopted ethical and fair recruitment practices.