Under MCO, domestic workers suffer in silence

The movement control order (MCO) mandated that most Malaysians stay at home but for domestic helpers, it means never leaving their workplace.

A straw poll of several domestic helpers revealed that all of them are being put to work by their employers who are flouting the law which allows one rest day per week.

One such worker is Umy (not her real name) from Jawa, Indonesia who has been with her employer for 10 years.

Although she described her employer as "kind" and "good", Umy said the MCO meant that she can't go out on Sundays and she has been put to work without extra pay over the past...