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.
Waooow great she was fine
Nanny ‘Jonah’ Acuña kabayan read carefully they said will help her "Repatriation"
She is still alive kabayan hindi Diya namatay.
that’s kuwait not saudi
They should pay with intetest..
Stephen Alvarion Njagi but not all ,,almost 78% are bad the rest are good
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 ????????????????????????????.
I was so sad, also angry I hope this kind of slavery it must be stop and thank god she’s safe now
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
They have to pay the salary of that maid for all those years she works with them… It’s realy sad…
Her salary employer give to her?
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
True my brother..they have no heart..
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???
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.
Arabs Arabs, were you really created by God Almighty?
Why don’t you have hearts?
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.
18 yrs???so sad
thanks god she"s with her family now…
Hope justice be served on the employer. This happened everywhere not just Mid East.