Still no end in sight for maid problem


LAST year, it was announced that Malaysians would be able to hire maids directly from their own country, thus making the process easier and more affordable.

The Immigration director-general was quoted as saying on Oct 30, 2017 that people would have the choice of either going through agents or doing it themselves and that they could go to the source country, find the worker and then register her via the Immigration Department’s online service.

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