§ 67. Mrs. WINTRINGHAMasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether reports have been received from the Federated Malay States of a system similar to that of the Mui Tsai of Hong Kong; whether his attention has been drawn to the ill-treatment of a little girl at Kuala Lumpur; whether he has evidence showing that in this case the child had only been allowed out of the house once during a period of three years; that she was compelled to begin work at five o'clock in the morning and did not finish until late at night, and that she was continually and brutally beaten; and whether any reports received by His Majesty's Government will be laid upon the Table of the House?
Mr. THOMASMui Tsai are to be found among the Chinese population in the Federated Malay States, and the High Commissioner has promised to submit proposals for dealing with the situation. I have no information as to the case of ill-treatment referred to, but I will call for a report.