Childbirths, attempted suicides, and pawned passports were among domestic-worker-related cases responded to by private employment agencies between 2020 and 2021, the National Association of Human Resources Malaysia revealed.

Its president Zarina Ismail told Malaysiakini that its members had also responded to more than 100 domestic workers suffering from various degrees of depression during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Explaining the cases, Zarina said...