MALAYSIA:::Relief for hungry workers as they get paid

Foreign workers in Johor who had previously been unpaid and were in starving conditions have finally received their long overdue salaries.

Johor Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) migrant workers' support centre coordinator Mohd Salleh Ahmad told Malaysiakini that the workers started receiving their pay yesterday.

MALAYSIA:::Dera Nirmala Bonat, bekas majikan diperintah bayar ganti rugi

KUALA LUMPUR: Mahkamah Tinggi di sini memerintahkan bekas majikan Nirmala Bonat membayar ganti rugi RM129,147.20 kepada pembantu rumah warga Indonesia itu kerana mendera dan mencederakannya, 10 tahun lepas.

Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman Siti Khadijah S.Hassan Badjenid membenarkan saman Nirmala serta memerintahkan Yim Pek Ha dan suaminya Hii Ik Ting selaku defendan membayar kos RM10,000 kepada wanita yang berasal dari Desa Tuapakas di Kota Kupang, Indonesia itu.