Malaysia is being pushed to punish recruitment agents who are accused of forcing women to work as domestic workers without pay. The 105 women, mainly Indonesian, were rescued by Malaysian authorities on Saturday, and said that they had been confined to a building, fed very little and forced to work as domestic helpers and at food stalls. Twelve people who worked for the agency that recruited the women have been arrested, and the government said that more arrests are expected. Indonesia lifted a ban in 2011 that had prevented women from going to Malaysia to work as domestic helpers.
See "Malaysia Urged to Protect Domestic Workers", Liz Gooch, The New York Times, December 2, 2012