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A 53-year-old Indonesian domestic worker has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Singapore for suffocating her employer's 73-year-old father with a pillow in 2022. The case highlights tensions in live-in domestic work arrangements across Southeast Asia.
The Malaysian Association of Employment Agencies has unveiled an insurance programme addressing long-standing vulnerabilities in domestic worker employment, offering employers compensation for worker abscondment and extending medical coverage to workers previously excluded from protection.
Two married couples in Johor Baru have claimed trial to charges including causing hurt and criminal intimidation linked to a widely-shared video depicting alleged mistreatment of their household workers.
An Indonesian domestic worker has been formally charged in Johor Baru's Sessions Court following allegations of child abuse involving a toddler. The case gained significant public attention after videos emerged online.
Two couples have been rearrested as police investigate mounting allegations of abuse against domestic workers. The case involves charges of voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation.
A maid abuse case that triggered widespread outrage has expanded significantly after police rearrested two married couples in Johor Baru. The development follows new complaints from additional former domestic workers, broadening the scope of the investigation beyond the original viral incident.