Kritiya Achavanichkul, director of the Institute for Population and Social Research of Mahidol University, who monitors the labour situation in Burma, said that the MoU was impractical. She said forced labourers would not have the channels or the capability to lodge any complaints, even if they wanted to. And despite the ILO's claims that complainants would not face any repercussions, she said there was no real way of giving assurances that they and their families would be safe.