Like millions of poor but ambitious young women before her, Rohyati, 26, travelled to Hong Kong to work as a domestic helper.
The daughter of rice farmers from Java, Indonesia, she had previously worked for two years in Singapore.
But when her father died, leaving her to provide for her three younger siblings, she decided to try her luck in China's international financial capital.
Hong Kong is traditionally a sought-after destination for domestic workers because of the relatively high wages offered, a guaranteed rest day once a week and other legal protections not offered in other places.
But, says Rohyati, just two weeks into her job as a full-time, live-in maid, her employer's mother slapped her because the elderly woman, who spoke only Cantonese, was frustrated at being unable to communicate.
Over the next two months, she says she was slapped, punched and choked by her boss as well. Full story...
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The daughter of rice farmers from Java, Indonesia, she had previously worked for two years in Singapore.
But when her father died, leaving her to provide for her three younger siblings, she decided to try her luck in China's international financial capital.
Hong Kong is traditionally a sought-after destination for domestic workers because of the relatively high wages offered, a guaranteed rest day once a week and other legal protections not offered in other places.
But, says Rohyati, just two weeks into her job as a full-time, live-in maid, her employer's mother slapped her because the elderly woman, who spoke only Cantonese, was frustrated at being unable to communicate.
Over the next two months, she says she was slapped, punched and choked by her boss as well. Full story...
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