Indonesia seeks ban on dangerous window cleaning after 8 maids fall to death in Singapore
Source: Associated Press
Indonesia seeks ban on dangerous window cleaning after 8 maids fall to death in Singapore
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, May 8, 1:52 AM
SINGAPORE — Eight Indonesian maids have fallen to their deaths from high-rise apartments in Singapore this year, and the Indonesia Embassy said Tuesday it is pushing for a ban on cleaning outside windows.
Indonesia, which supplies about half of Singapore’s 200,000 maids, has asked employment agencies to include a clause in work contracts that prohibits maids from cleaning the outside of windows or hanging laundry from high-rise apartments, Indonesian Embassy Counsellor Sukmo Yuwono told the Associated Press.
Singapore’s Manpower Ministry is working with Indonesian officials to identify and possibly blacklist agencies and employers who don’t ensure maid safety, Yuwono said.
“Our position is ban it,” Yuwono said. “We warn against employers giving dangerous jobs like cleaning windows to their maids. It’s upsetting. These are human beings dying for nothing.”
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