Indonesian Domestic Worker Seeks Unpaid Wages Totalling RM106,000 From ‘Tan Sri’ Employer
An Indonesian domestic worker fled her employer’s home in Kota Damansara after enduring twelve years of unpaid work. The lady who is 43 years old, would like to remain unnamed and said that her employer is a Tan Sri in his 70s.
She went straight to the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur the same day she ran away from her work place. A spokesperson from the embassy said they contacted a lawyer to issue a letter of demand to the Tan Sri, claiming the domestic worker’s unpaid wages totalled RM106,000.
For legal reasons, the embassy and domestic worker are withholding the name of the alleged Tan Sri.
The lady who was from Malang in East Java would start work at 5AM and slept only when her employer went to bed, around midnight. During the twelve years of work, she endured rough criticism, being overworked and was even slapped by her boss.
For the first seven years of her employment, she singlehandedly…
