she is a maid run away she is now in kuala lumpur i thought of the Indonesian embassy to help her do u have any better suggestions plz thanks NOTE: she ran away cuz people she was working for didnt treat her well + they didnt pay her for 1 year i knew that cuz she is the friend of my maid and im not in malaysia
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wow that's bad. Indonesian maids in Malaysia usually come from villages in Java. They are very shy and quite to other people. I think she probably ran to someone she knows best, maybe her best friend in KL (could be a maid too). Other option she might have ran away to the port to get a ship back to Indonesia since she has no money. It's a really complicated problem. Try to contact again the Indonesian embassy if needed. Report to local housing block security, or if there is no, contact the police.
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Unfortunately domestic violence isn't just limited to immediate family members and these days it extended to the maids that worked for them. These kind of cases happened a lot and the Indonesian Embassy won't be able to help that much am afraid. Sadly I've heard lots of cases like this not only in Malaysia but from other places such as HK, Singapore and Saudi etc. Its a matter of human's basic rights but then again we tend to ignore it in Asia! ;]]] If the employee goes through an agent, would be better off for you to just ask the girl to contact her agent that found her the work to get in touch with her former employee and hope that they could resolve it. Worse comes to worse you could suggest to her that she lawyered up and sue her former employee to demand her pay. Hope this helps.
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She can file a complain with the Indonesian embassy.(Jalan Ampang opposite the American embassy - refer to Google map for exact location) The embassy have facilities to house her temporary in their maids protection home while waiting for investigation. Tell her not to be afraid as she is not alone in facing such problems while working in Malaysia.
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Do nothing more than to ask her to go to the Embassy of Indonesia. That's her ONLY way out.
