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Letters: No appreciation for maids
Tue, 06/30/2009 10:54 AM | Reader's Forum
I would like to express my sorrow for all Indonesian maids or migrant workers who work in Malaysia, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and in other countries around the world. It makes me so sad to hear about the abusive experiences of Indonesian women, not only in Malaysia, but in almost all countries.
When the Indonesian-Malaysian relationship is not going well because of the abuse suffered by Indonesian maids there, the Indonesian government simply stops supplying maids to Malaysia. This ban is not a solution. It is irrational, because the government is not getting to the root of the problem.
The question is why do Indonesian maids or workers have to work in Malaysia or elsewhere? The answer is because Indonesia is neither a good nor safe place to make money. The government just sells dreams of the good life to the people.
We all know that Indonesia is rich in natural resources, yet we import everything from other countries and we export workers, with more and more workers going to work abroad, legal and illegally.
What we need now is for the government to be able to provide more job vacancies by using our own resources. Can that happen? Let us ask the presidential candidates, I wonder how they would answer. Do not just give us dreams, but show us real results.
Tabrani Yunis
Banda Aceh
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Eric See (not verified) — Tue, 06/30/2009 - 3:22pm
Newspaper is always a means to blown up minor issues for a certain purpose usually for political reasons . Maid abuse is just one of the many issues . What about the many lives lost, hurt during robberies that are related to maids connection with their male friends . My sister is one victim . There are many untold arm robberies in many countries related to foreign maids ( willing or force to commit crime by their so call boyfriends . What about the many incident baby abuse even murder by throwing babies out of a high rise appartment .as seen in the u-tube & news media .
To be fair all such unfortunate incident happens within & between locals as well.
Maid abuse and maid abusing babies is not related to a country's origin . It related to the way they are brought up . It does not whether it's in Malaysia of Indonesia, Singapore etc..... This applies to educate & rich people as well . Sad but in the highly stress world we live in , there are always some who can't cope and let their anger frustration out on others .
Just my personnel view - an unbias view