Cambodia is preparing to resume sending maids to Malaysia, a practice banned in 2011 after a rash of abuses against workers, a Labour Ministry official said yesterday.

As officials from the two countries met in Malaysia yesterday, Hou Vudthy, undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Labour, told the Post his office was exploring what would be involved in sending maids to Malaysia once the two ASEAN nations have signed a memorandum of understanding.

“I cannot assure you of a clear date for sending them, but we are working on this,” he said. “I do not know when the MoU will be signed, but we are now reviewing [it] to see … how we can send them.”

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Source: (The Phnom Penh Post – October 30, 2013)