Clerk threatened by bogus maid agency

A bogus maid agency has threatened a clerk after she asked for a replacement because the earlier one was making too many demands.

SUBANG JAYA: A clerk has claimed that a bogus maid agency threatened her after she asked for a replacement because the earlier one has been making unreasonable demands.

R Vanita said she later found out that there was no such agency at the given address.

She said she hired a maid from Sri Lanka in March through Todo Esta Bien Global Services to look after her disabled mother-in-law and agreed to pay RM700.

“But after a month, the maid demanded RM1,000 and wanted to bring her husband to work as my driver.

“When I could not put up with her attitude and demands, I called the agency for a replacement. Until today the agency has not given me a replacement.

“The agency threatened and challenged me to do what I wanted,” said Vanita.

She said she paid RM6,000 to the agency, which was represented by two maid consultants Rajkumar and Premnath.

After all her attempts to contact the maid agency became futile, she lodged a police report on May 19 but no action had been taken.

Vanita was relating her predicament at a press conference organised by Consumers Association of Subang and Shah Alam (Cassa).

The association did a background check and found that there was not such company at the given address.

Cassa President Jacob George believed that Premnath and Rajkumar were linked to secret societies.

He said he had received four threats from an unknown caller from Johor asking him not to pursue the case or face the repercussions.

He said Cassa was urging the Home Affairs Ministry to conduct a probe because the association had received similar reports.