He said: If you go to work in Malaysia you can earn a lot of money and the work is easy. The company would give me a 1 million Riel loan [$250]," Vy recalled. "I had no choice, my family is poor, and so I decided to come with the broker."
"A week later I began to regret it," she said, explaining that recruits at the center received little food, were subjected to harsh corporal punishment if they failed to memorize their English lessons and could only leave if they paid a $500-fee for breach of contract.
"They took away all our phones... The security locked the gates. The trainees were living like they were locked in a cell," Vy said. Before they were sent off to Malaysia, however, Vy and 77 of her fellow trainees—including 18 underage recruits—were freed during a police raid on the agency in late October.
The Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies has denied that the agencies’ recruitment methods have seriously violated workers' rights. "We don't agree that we have bad practices, but we have some weak points," its president An Bunhak said recently, adding that the sector nonetheless planned to overhaul its future operations.
Reports of mistreatment of Cambodian maids has also increased rapidly in Malaysia in recent years.
He said: If you go to work in Malaysia you can earn a lot of money and the work is easy. The company would give me a 1 million Riel loan [$250]," Vy recalled. "I had no choice, my family is poor, and so I decided to come with the broker."
"A week later I began to regret it," she said, explaining that recruits at the center received little food, were subjected to harsh corporal punishment if they failed to memorize their English lessons and could only leave if they paid a $500-fee for breach of contract.
"They took away all our phones... The security locked the gates. The trainees were living like they were locked in a cell," Vy said. Before they were sent off to Malaysia, however, Vy and 77 of her fellow trainees—including 18 underage recruits—were freed during a police raid on the agency in late October.
The Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies has denied that the agencies’ recruitment methods have seriously violated workers' rights. "We don't agree that we have bad practices, but we have some weak points," its president An Bunhak said recently, adding that the sector nonetheless planned to overhaul its future operations.
Reports of mistreatment of Cambodian maids has also increased rapidly in Malaysia in recent years.
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