My mum’s Indonesian maid has ran away this morning after working for close to 3 months. My mum is quite disappointed (or angry perhaps) because she has treated the maid quite well and didn’t expect the maid to run away.
Some friends and relatives have pre-warned us that Indonesian maids tend to run away after working for around 3 months… sounds like a taboo.
I don’t quite understand the logic yet, but I was told that some Malaysian maid hiring agencies are encouraging the maids to do so because the agencies could profit from it… I guess it was the reason why some of the agencies were blacklisted by the Malaysian authorities a couple of months ago.
It took a full afternoon for my sister-in-law (my mum is staying with my brother) to lodge a police report and settling the issue with the maid agency… she would have to pay around RM1000 (~USD300) to get another maid from the same agency. Actually it might not be a good idea to get a maid from the same resource again… but hiring a maid from different company would mean extra costs.
I hope that my mum’s (former) maid was fully aware of what she was doing and not cheated by people who intend to use her for illegal activities, like prostitutions etc. Despite the havoc she caused, I don’t wish to see her being a victim of some illegal syndicates.
No thanks for all the troubles though.
