Maids seek justice in Malaysia
Chased out of the house by her Malaysian employer, fresh-faced Tieng SaSa, 18, found shelter with an NGO, escaping alleged abuse at the hands of her employer that included binding her hands and beating her feet with a metal club until her bones broke. Three months later, Tieng SaSa is still in Malaysia. She is one of eight maids residing at the NGO Tenaganita in Kuala Lumpur, stuck in limbo as they wait for their cases to be processed in Malaysia’s courts. Although at liberty to return to Cambodia, they are awaiting court-ordered compensation, says Ya Navuth, executive director of the NGO CARAM, a Cambodian partner of Tenaganita. …
