The Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC), several other trade unions and the Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) have slammed as “humiliating” and “beggarly” the new Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) federal government’s announcement that it would increase the country’s minimum wage by just RM50 (...)
Organising Migrant Domestic Workers in Malaysia: Challenges in Revitalisation
A Case Study by Verna Dinah Q. Viajar
By any measure, Foreign Domestic Workers (FDW) in Malaysia have it pretty bad. Most of the women work backbreaking hours, seven days a week. Many are beaten regularly and locked (...)
In 2005, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) embarked on an ambitious agenda to represent and organize domestic workers, despite them being legally and culturally considered non-workers and servants. Due to the exclusion of domestic workers from the local industrial relations and the (...)
Before MTUC could represent migrant and domestic workers, its leadership and members needed to change their mindset, with the Malaysian public traditionally seeing migrant labourers as taking away jobs.
By any measure, Foreign Domestic Workers (FDW) in Malaysia have it pretty bad. Most of the (...)
Bersih 5.0 rally for clean elections in Malaysia. Photos by Alex Bainbridge.
The Bersih 5.0 demonstration for clean elections in Malaysia made a huge splash despite threats of serious repression. The night before the demonstration at least ten prominent figures (including key organisers of the (...)
Protesters march in Kuala Lumpur just hours after activists and opposition leaders were arrested in a government crackdown.
Thousands of anti-government protesters marched in Malaysia’s capital on Saturday demanding the resignation of the prime minister, Najib Razak, over his alleged (...)
URGENT APPEAL
MALAYSIA: PSM leader arrested in police crackdown on BERSIH rally
18 November 2016
Arutchelvan, Central Committee Member of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) was arrested this evening as part of police crackdown on the eve of BERSIH 5 rally.
Coalition for Free and Fair Election (...)
Malaysia: Police raid at the offices of Bersih 2.0 and arbitrary arrest of Ms. Maria Chin Abdullah, Mr. Mandeep Singh and seven supporters of the Bersih 5 rally
18/11/2016 URGENT APPEAL – Human Rights Defenders
Malaysia Author Apa masalah New information MYS 001 / 1116 / OBS 096.1 Raid of NGOs (...)
May 2, 2015
Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak Prime Minister of Malaysia E-mail: ppm pmo.gov.my
Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Khalid bin Abu Bakar Inspector-General of Police E-mail: rmp rmp.gov.my
To the authorities of Malaysia, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Home Affairs, the (...)
Urgent Appeal
2 May 2015
MALAYSIA: Intimidation against May Day Protesters with arrests and detentions
The police of Malaysia have arrested Arutchelvan (Secretary-General of Socialist Party of Malaysia, PSM), Ambiga Sreenevasan (Formal President of Malaysian Bar Council) and Anthony Loke (...)
PRESS STATEMENT :
1 NOVEMBER 2014
AMENDMENTS TO TRADE UNION ACT TO PLEASE TPPA WORRYING!
PSM is deeply concerned of the Deputy Human Resource Ministers, Datuk Seri Ismail Abdul Muttalib announcement that the government will review the draft of the proposed amendments to the Trade Unions Act (...)
With the aftermath of BERSIH3, however you look at it; the police and the Government must take full responsibility on whatever damages which happened during the BERSIH3 assembly.
PSM is totally convinced that if the Ruling Government had allowed the people the freedom to gather at Dataran (...)
Najib’s workers day announcement on minimum wage was a cunning election announcement to make the workers happy and not to make the employers worried. The workers were promised minimum wage which they are not going to see perhaps for the next one year or more and the employers get leeway not to (...)
The Malaysian government must investigate police violence at Bersih rally and take major steps to overhaul a policing system that facilitates and perpetrates human rights violations.
SUARAM strongly condemns the use of unnecessary and excessive force by the police to stop the BERSIH 3.0 (Clean (...)
The Coalition of Free and Fair Elections (know as Bersih — which means “clean” in Malay) called for a mass sit in on April 28 because it suspected that the country’s entrenched Barisan Nasional (BN) government was about to call a general election before addressing widespread electoral (...)
Malaysian election watchdog Bersih 2.0 (Bersih) announced that 28 April 2012 is the date for a third gathering for clean and fair elections, but already a succession of politicians and officials have criticised the move. So far, though, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has kept mum.
Minister (...)
PRESS STATEMENT: 14 MAY 2012 STOP SPREADING SPECULATIONS AND DEMONIZING PEACEFUL PROTESTERS
SUARAM condemns the statement by Deputy inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar today where he mentioned there are elements which wanted to cause death at the Bersih 3.0 rally.He alleges that (...)
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) is hopeful that the violence of last Saturday’s Bersih rally will not repeat itself during its planned May Day celebrations in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow.
The police should have no problem with a peaceful walk if we abide by the rules, said PSM national treasurer A (...)
UPDATED 9.15PM KUALA LUMPUR: Chaos erupted when the police fired tear gas on the pro-Selangor state government’s “red shirt” supporters as they attempted to march to Istana Negara to submit a memorandum to Yang-Dipertuan Agong Tunku Mizan Zainal Abidin. About 50 protesters were also arrested.
The (...)
Kuala Lumpur, October 1 — klik4Malaysia — Socialist Party of Malaysia (Parti Sosialis Malaysia, PSM) secretary-general S. Arutchelvan called the proposed labour law review by the Malaysian government’s Human Resources Ministry, which will be tabled in the coming parliament sitting, “draconian” as (...)
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