Two maids allegedly suffered abuse in Malaysia
Two new claims of abuse of Cambodian maids employed in Malaysia have emerged since Friday, including one case of a woman who returned home with severe mental trauma following alleged mistreatment by her Malaysian employer, the victims’ families said. Iy Thar, a villager from Kompong Thom province’s Stung Sen City, said yesterday she had picked up her daughter Oam Eak, 28, at Phnom Penh recruitment agency Human Power Co Ltd last week after she had worked almost two years in Malaysia. To her horror, Ms Eak – who is married and has a young child – was in a state of severe trauma and did not respond to her family. “When I went to get her… she didn’t even recognize me,” she said…
