Maids ‘abused’ in Singapore
At least three Cambodians who have travelled to work as maids in Singapore since August last year as part of a pilot scheme have complained to worker welfare groups there about employer abuse and poor working conditions, including molestation and the slapping of a worker. In the most serious case, Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), a Singapore-based NGO, said that it assisted a maid to change employers after she was forced to sleep in the same room as an elderly man who sexually abused her. “She claimed that she was not given her own sleeping space, but was made to share a room with an old man, who molested her,” said John Gee, TWC2’s spokesman. …
Kevin Ponniah
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