Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

The Committee notes with regret that no comprehensive report has been received from the Government since 1993 and that the report in 1998 consists simply of a statement that the Prison Department, Ministry of Home Affairs, Malaysia, has reaffirmed that the department does not practise forced labour, which is totally inadequate.

Further to its General Report in 1998 (Report III, Part 1A, paragraphs 112 to 125), regarding especially Article 2(2)(c) of the Convention, the Committee again asks the Government to provide detailed information on the work of prisoners, particularly work performed for private employers, whether in the prison premises or outside. Please send any laws, by-laws or regulations governing the matter, as well as detailed information on the practical application.

The Committee asks the Government to send detailed information on the application in law and practice of Article 1(1), Article 2(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) as well as Article 25 of the Convention.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 1999.]