A Filipino domestic worker who had complained in a video that her employers were giving her insufficient food has died in Kuwait.
On Saturday, a Facebook user posted that Jeanette Plegaria had died from the abuse she had suffered from her employers. Pictures showed that Plegaria had lost weight and was malnourished.
In a video, Plegaria pleaded for help to return to the Philippines. She said she had fallen seriously ill as her employers did not provide sufficient food for her and she wanted to leave Kuwait.
Plegaria’s daughter, Gladys Plegaria Bantisil, posted on Facebook that she had not seen her mother in 11 years and was devastated about her death.
Netizens expressed their condolences and anger at the maltreatment Plegaria had apparently suffered in Kuwait.
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Palutan ng matitinong tao ang embahadang yan..bat sobrang dami nang problema jan??? Ang sakit din ng mga embahada kahit minissage mo ang number or tinawagan ang number na binigay nila eh wala silang pakialam…kahit mamatay kana sa kakahingi ng tulong hindi ka papansinin….hanggang hahatong sa kamatayan jan pa sila aaksyon kung mahalungkat nah!!!
Matagal na yata iyang news na iyan.
Ngayon lang nalathala sa socmed
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Paano pa magtrabaho kong alang kakainin ung tao…mga hayop ang mga amo nia.sana ina actionan agad sa agency..kabayan rip de mab mo nakita ang mga anak mo at pamilya mo.unti unti ka na pala bat de ka nk uwe agad..sana buhay kapa kabayan
Grabe na talaga kayo mga taga Kuwait. sobra na kayu.