An Indonesian maid, who was forced to work unpaid for an Egyptian family in Saudi Arabia and England for 18 years, has finally returned home.
The 50-year-old maid left Indonesia in 1999 and first worked for an Egyptian family in Saudi Arabia. The family then moved to England in 2001 where she continued to work for them illegally, Tempo reported.
The maid said she was not paid for her work and was was not allowed to contact anyone, including her family in Indonesia. She also worked long hours and was not given days off. She said she was not allowed to leave her employer’s home unless she was accompanied by a member of the family.
Earlier this year, she secretly went to a post office near her employer’s home where she sent a letter to her family, saying she needed help. Her son alerted the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta, which contacted the Indonesian Embassy in London.
On April 5, she was rescued by the embassy and British police and her employer and his family were arrested. The embassy assisted in her repatriation.
She left the UK on Tuesday evening and has been reunited with her family.
Very sad ,that’s what only I can say
Modern-day slavery still exist, and still thriving!!! This Egyptian family gotta be punished and pay her for the almost 20 years of work plus money for lost of liberty and life!!!
A lot of arab people doing like that.they are not paying tha house maid most is bangladeshi,indonesian
Sri lankan and a few of filipinos…really really sad…
Thanks for the rescue..I hope the authority is going to punish this Egyptian family..that is slavery…
I agree with your suggestion. They should be punished.
Thanks God she is free now….
More than slavery….God is not blind, this Egyptian has to be punish soon
Egyptian huh… can’t live without servant’s jesus christ.
It’s so sad what happened to her but we have to thanks god that’s she is ok and yes she deserves a quick justice with in 18 years omg this is unbelievable ,now just enjoy bonding with Family god be with you sister be Happy ????????????
Egyptian few only are good his thinking ahead to us
Feel bad for this ,thougj i must be thankful for my empemployers aee 3vyotians but they have heart and well mannered.
Did they pay her salary for 18 years if it does shes rich by now…
Oh my God thats insane family, condolence to the family. Hearthbreaking story.
Does she got her salaries for that decade?
Arab peoples are very bad selfish for everything
What about her salary for more than 18 years and overtime, overnight services! When will she ever receive those payments?
as i observed arab people are very bad almost off them.
Thanks God
Its very sad to know this type of malpractice still exist????
What happen to her salary ? Did she get it ?
Did she finally get paid ??
I truly hope she got all her payments for all those years that she worked for these heartless family including interest and they’ve been punished for what they had done to her.
Egyptians are known to do slavery that is before AD/ before Christ..ang mga pagans noon ginawa nilang slaves so sa tingin nila ang katulong ay slaves nila
Thats a very long time of anyones life. Just hope that she gets her owed wages with 309%more for her lost time. Even that isn’t enough
Darely Egyptian are really devilsin Every where they go, especially in gulf
How about her salary for 18 years did she got that too or not??? The employer should be punishable by jail for 18years also same as they do to the worker
Disgraceful but what you expect bloody arabs again , they treat all maids like dogs m their wives like slaves , do dont need to look far to name countries do this like Saudi Arabia Kuwait Eygpt
Very sad
Thanks God …atles you come home a live
Her employer must put in jail .. damn this family .. but thank fr the people who rescue her..
Good idea, after long long years u’ve been rescued…goodluck to ur endeavor …God is with you with all ur hardship….The evil will pay back!
Haven’t they pay her 18 yrs of service times the interest should be, just asking
Dose she return still not paid?
This is what I can say to all my fellow dh/ofw,know your rights,know what is the legalities of your host country be it,uk,saudi,egypt anywhere as long as there are Filipinos working,abide with it.we all have our rights n we have to fight n depend ourselves.very reasonable enough not to be treated like slaves n to you friend youve done what is right n you deserve to be paid.
Rosidah Mahmood i agree also in what u said…
I cannot imagine how heartless some humans are….
I hope she will be paid for all the years she has worked.
i hope she paid by employer after they were arrested tsk tsk
Shit Egyptian must put in jail
This smelly mamals has a devilish Heart
Hope justice be served on the employer. This happened everywhere not just Mid East.
thanks god she"s with her family now…
18 yrs???so sad
I hope they can rescue many more ladies working unpaid and this to go out to warn other ladies not to work for these kind of people. I hope they get her money for her.
Arabs Arabs, were you really created by God Almighty?
Why don’t you have hearts?
Lmao. What about her salary..that shld go to awitch doctor .scarter in air all the richness of that employer.nothing comes on a silver plater .I can’t watch such in humane when have wasted my energy for 18yrs.
Such a foolish woman…for 18 years she couldn’t escape? Even when they went out with her she couldn’t scream and run away???
True my brother..they have no heart..
So glad you are home and safe, I am English and married to aPhilappina so I think you can sue them If they have the money
Her salary employer give to her?
They have to pay the salary of that maid for all those years she works with them… It’s realy sad…
It’s a person’s Life with almost two decades of precious time she could have spent with her Family she sacrificed and had been robbed by her employer.
Justice must be meted out
I was so sad, also angry I hope this kind of slavery it must be stop and thank god she’s safe now
I was like huhhh what the heck on earth is happening .18 years without salary you’d got to be kiding all the an idiot people .18 years you’d never do anything to get any cents of your money ?mmmmm ????????????????????????????.
Stephen Alvarion Njagi but not all ,,almost 78% are bad the rest are good
They should pay with intetest..
that’s kuwait not saudi
She is still alive kabayan hindi Diya namatay.
Nanny ‘Jonah’ Acuña kabayan read carefully they said will help her "Repatriation"
Waooow great she was fine
I was wondering why she waited almost two decades before taking action. She should have called a police if not able to escape.. Why endure almost two decades of abuse and renegement on payment of salary. She was a martyr to that Egyptian family!
You cannot generalise this family bad behaviour to millions…
Agree with everyone that this is inhuman and should recieve punishment according to the law.
How can this be true. She would need a visa to go to UK from Saudi Arabia why didn’t she report it then, she would have had to go in person to collect this visa and more than likely also need an interview. She would have also gone through immigration in both countries. This whole scenario seems rather dubious.
She’ll get triple I hope..
Hmmmm maskin
so? did she paid of her salaries?
employers such this should be punished.you are not slaves..they should pay to this indonesian lady..
So Sad ???? Story
So what happened to her boss and what about unpaid work?