Singapore: Govt. suspends recruitment firm advertising Indonesian migrant workers for sale online
"Singapore Gov't Suspends Agency Behind Online 'Sale' of Indonesian Migrant Workers", 20 September 2018
The Singaporean Ministry of Manpower said...that it has suspended an employment agency for advertising Indonesian migrant workers for sale on online marketplace Carousell.
In a statement, the ministry said it has identified SRC Recruitment as the company behind the listings on Carousell. Under the name "maid.recruitment," the employment agency marketed several Indonesian domestic workers, even including their names and ages.
"The [employment agency] has been served with a notice of license suspension and can no longer emplace any new foreign domestic workers," the ministry said.
The ministry added that it is investigating the agency, which may be prosecuted for violating Singapore's Employment Agencies Act.
"The ministry takes a very serious view on this matter, and we will not hesitate to take prosecution actions on errant [employment agencies]," said Kevin Teoh, commissioner for employment agencies at the Manpower Ministry.