RI maids flee bosses

RI maids flee bosses

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP): Some 15,209 Indonesian maids have run away from their employers in Malaysia in the past two years, the Immigration Department said Saturday.

Some left because they could not tolerate the long working hours, some were involved in fraud, some could not work with employers of a different religion, and others stole from their employers, said the department's director-general, Aseh Che Mat, the national news agency Bernama reported.

The reasons were culled from reports by employers who have to explain how they lost the last maid if they want to request another one.

Once a maid runs away, the employer reports it and the immigration department cancels her visa and work permit.