Domestic workers in Malaysia: We cannot afford to wait for another death
Tenaganita and fellow civil society organisations denounce the brutal murder of a domestic worker in 2021 by her employers, who have now been sentenced to 34 years in prison. This horrific act of cruelty, committed by a former MasterChef Malaysia finalist and her ex-husband, is not an isolated incident, it is part of a disturbing and persistent pattern of violence, abuse, and systemic neglect that has plagued the lives of domestic workers in Malaysia for decades.
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