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Subject: Illegal maids who come forward can continue to work

Illegal maids who come forward can continue to work

PUTRAJAYA: Illegal maids who have registered themselves under the on-going "6P" legalisation and amnesty exercise can continue working for their
current employers.

Deputy Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Alwi Ibrahim said this was especially so for maids from Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Sri Lanka,
India, Vietnam and Laos.

However, he said the ministry would still check "case by case" before approving such requests.


This includes, among others, the maids' country of origin, background check on the current employer and current salary paid.

"Although the approval would be subject to such requirements, we will try to accommodate.

"We don't want a situation where a family applies for five maids, but in reality needs only one and the remainder are doing other jobs outside the
actual description. Some employers might have a hidden agenda. We don't want the maids to be exploited," he told the New Straits Times.


Alwi was ask to comment on the fate of illegal maids who had undergone the first phase of the 6P exercise which began on Aug 1.

He said the ministry would give consideration to maids who wanted to remain with their current employers.

The ministry had previously stated that illegal foreign workers could remain with their current employers, while those without jobs would be matched
to different sectors by the Human Resources Ministry.


The 6P programme comprises registration, legalisation, amnesty, supervision, enforcement and deportation. There are an estimated two million illegal
foreign workers in the country.

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