Domestic workers rescued from Malaysia
The Cambodian consul-general in Malaysia on April 12 helped repatriate eight Cambodian domestic workers who were forced to work in grueling conditions in Malaysia. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Chum Sounry said on April 12 that the Cambodian embassy in Kuala Lumpur intervened to help the eight women who had disputes with their employers and were subject to laborious work conditions. All employers were made to pay the domestic workers their outstanding salaries before they were brought back to Cambodia. Six of the eight women arrived over the weekend while the remaining two are due back today. The victims hailed from Kratie, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Speu, Kampot and Kampong Thom provinces.
