Saudis sign MoU on maids

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Chhay Channyda and Shaun Turton

Cambodia and Saudi Arabia on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding to begin work on opening a pipeline for Cambodians to work in the gulf nation, which has been routinely criticised for failing to protect migrant domestic workers from abysmal treatment and slave-like conditions. The Cooperation Agreement on the Recruitment of Domestic Workers and General Workers was signed by the two countries’ labour ministries on Thursday, Labour Ministry spokesman Heng Sour confirmed yesterday.

Photos posted on social media, show Cambodia Labour Minister Ith Samheng and his Saudi counterpart, Mufrej Al-Haqbani, at the signing ceremony in Riyadh. “This agreement will bring benefit both countries’ labour sectors,” Samheng posted on Facebook on February 10.

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