HONG KONG: INCREASE IN NUMBER OF SUICIDES BY DESPERATE MIGRANT WORKERS
May 1st, 2009
BY MARK GODFREY
IN terms of suicides by migrant workers, "Hong Kong risks becoming another Gulf," claims their representative in the territory. Comparing reported incidents with accidental deaths and suicides by workers in Gulf Arab countries, Mia Sumiati, a coordinator of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Organisation (IMWO) in Hong Kong, noted an increase in suspicious deaths or proven suicides amongst the 140,000 strong Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong. She blames worsening pay and conditions as employers use the recession to lower pay and ...
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