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Nenita Exxxxxx of Petaling Jaya International writes:
Tortured Filipina maid plans to sue ex-Malaysian employer Name: Nenita Batiancila Elcamel PETALING JAYA– A 29-year-old Filipina maid is planning to sue her former employer whom she claimed had starved and beaten her for nearly 18 months. Nenita Batiancila Elcamel, from Cebu province, said she weighed about 60kg when she first arrived here to work in 2013. On Nov. 13, Nenita was carried out by policemen from her former employer’s condominium in Kelana Jaya with her head drenched in blood and bruises on her body. She weighed around 40kg. Nenita said she was made to work round the clock with little to no food and feared for her life. “I became so thin that I would break down in tears when I saw myself in the mirror,” she said. She claimed that she was only given water, slices of bread or a pack of instant noodles to last her the whole day. She also alleged that her former employer would sometimes starve her for two days. When the employer’s husband bought her food, Nenita said the woman would toss it into the trash can. “She deducted RM400 from my salary every month for my food and toiletries. She also charged me for using the electricity and water,” Nenita said. “She said that she was paying me a lot of money and I had to earn everything she was paying me for. “She would wake me up at 5am and make me clean each room for an hour. “Sometimes I felt like collapsing because I was so hungry but she would beat me with a hanger or a stick or pour water on me.” Nenita was brought out of the condominium after neighbors called police last month, saying that the suspect had left the maid home alone with a gash on her head. Nenita said her former employer also attacked her with an aerosol spray can for apparently being dissatisfied with the way she carried out her job. On Friday, Nenita’s former employer pleaded guilty at the Petaling Jaya magistrate’s court to hitting her and was fined RM4,000 and jailed for a day. A spokesman of Nenita’s foreign worker recruitment agency, however, said the agency would file a civil case against Nenita’s former employer. “We want to get justice for Nenita and make this a lesson to employers to treat their maids as humans,” he said.
Sittie Hxxxxxx of Riyadh International writes:
MANILA, Philippines–A Filipina maid reportedly harassed by employer in Saudi Arabia has sought the help of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Riyadh (POLO-Riyadh), Arab News reported. Sittie Sarah Hussain, who hails from Ampatuan in Maguindanao province, reportedly suffered harassment last August 26, 28 and 29. She threatened her employer, a businessman, that she would tell the driver about his “unpleasant overtures,” the news report dated October 29 said. She later filed a complaint with the Philippine Embassy against her employer. She is now staying with other run-away female overseas Filipino workers at Bahay Kalinga in Riyadh. Hussain said when the employer’s family left for Dubai nearly two weeks ago, the businessman brought her to the Saudi capital to stay with his relatives. “He also asked our driver to take me to the Philippine Embassy to withdraw my complaint. That’s how I managed to come here,” Arab News quoted her as saying. Hussain had asked the embassy to help her find a new job in Saudi Arabia, citing financial obligations back in the Philippines. “However, the legal officer reportedly told her that she would have to go back to the Philippines to solve her problem to process her papers without violating the Kingdom’s labor laws,” the report said. The Filipina worker, who arrived in Saudi Arabia last May, was said to have been illegally deployed there. She was earning SR1,200 (about P14,000), reportedly below the minimum wage of SR1,500 (about P17,800) for Filipino domestic helpers as agreed between Manila and Riyadh. “My papers were allegedly processed by Trustworthy Manpower Agency but it was no longer in existence at the time. So, my papers were passed on to another agency,” Hussain said.
