KUALA LUMPUR: The memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the recruitment and placement of Indonesian domestic workers (PDI) between Malaysia and Indonesia can be inked this week, says Datuk Seri M. Saravanan.
“The MOU between Malaysia and Indonesia on recruitment and placement of Indonesian domestic workers can be signed this week in Jakarta,” the Human Resources Minister stated when winding up his ministerial replies in Dewan Rakyat on Monday (March 14).
The MOU was initially slated to be signed in early February, however was postponed due to sure points.
One of them was Indonesia’s demand for a One Channel System (OCS) to be applied on the hiring of its domestic workers.
The OCS system entails a government-to-government channel on the employment of Indonesian domestic workers to Malaysia.
Once inked, Indonesia will present 10,000 domestic workers to Malaysia below a pilot mission.
On a separate matter, Saravanan stated that he had met up with the US Ambassador to Malaysia to receive extra data on claims of compelled labour by native rubber glove producers.
He stated it was acceptable that the US company concerned present proof of such claims to enable authorities right here to examine the matter additional.
He famous that the report by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) didn’t specify intimately on the alleged abuses.
“We are asking for proof from the US and the related businesses in order that we will work collectively to resolve the problem, because it includes the picture of our nation,” he stated.
He added that he would even be attending the International Labour Organisation (ILO) assembly in Geneva subsequent month to clear the air over allegations of compelled labour practices right here.
The CBP had issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) on palm oil and associated merchandise made wholly or partially with palm oil traceable to Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) on Dec 16, 2020.
The US authority alleged that there was affordable proof to present that the native firm right here had harvested fruits and produced palm oil utilizing compelled labour.
Last yr, CBP had additionally banned the imports of rubber gloves from a number of producers within the nation after allegations of compelled labour practices.
Meanwhile, Saravanan stated that the ministry has begun investigations into sure people who had been stated to be utilizing non-governmental organisations to extort corporations by threatening them with allegations of compelled labour.
He famous that the identification of the people concerned was identified by authorities in a neighbouring nation, who had banned their entry.
