My Story, RM500k fine if you break maid law

PUTRAJAYA: Employers found to have ordered their Indonesian maids to do tasks other than at the employers’ home can be fined at least RM500,000 or jailed three to 20 years under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007.

Peninsular Malaysia Labour Department director- general Datuk Sheikh Yahya Sheikh Mohamed said the offence included ordering the maid to work at night markets or grocery stores, attending to the sick other than at the employer’s house, or working in other homes, including those of the employer’s relatives.

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