Negotiations are underway to shed ‘bad habits’ in the Malaysian Immigration Department’s Maid Online System (MOS), which is responsible for the recruitment of Indonesian domestic workers.

Indonesia’s top envoy to Malaysia, Hermono, said meetings have commenced in Jakarta today between Indonesian officials from its Manpower Ministry and their Malaysian counterparts.

Speaking to Malaysiakini from Jakarta, he said Malaysia’s current MOS allows Indonesian women entering the country on tourist visas to...