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Sex-slave
OFW back home;
Vows not to go abroad again
Sex-slave
Boholana OFW Meya (not her real name) has returned home and vowed never to work
again outside of the country.
Only
time, however, could tell when she might be able to recover from trauma inflicted
by the sexual cruelty of the son of her employer in Jordan.
The
migrant worker arrived in Manila days ago after Rep. Edgar Chatto facilitated
her repatriation thru the Philippine Embassy in the Arab land.
It
was Chatto's office here which first alarmed the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
(OWWA) of Meya's condition then in the foreign job site.
The
domestic helper from a Second District town was flown back to the Philippines
with only a little earning, which was not then given to her by her employer until
she escaped and sought embassy refuge.
Meya
is an undocumented OFW, meaning her recruitment was illegal.
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OWWA confirmed
that the agency which hired her was not in the accredited lists of OWWA and the
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).
In
a long distance contact made by a Chatto staff, the OFW expressed relief in having
finally gone back to the country.
But
she said she has yet to see the congressman in Manila to personally thank his
"savior."
Meya
temporarily stays in the house of a relative there. | According
to her mother, Meya passed the pre-final screening of a national television music
talent search last year.
A
chance to work abroad suddenly came, so she flew to Jordan last December.
There,
the 27-year-old Boholanan, who is still single, instead found herself a bitter
version of an OFW---over-abused Filipina worker.
Meanwhile,
a 20-year-old househelp from Loon was rescued from her heartless woman employer
in Quezon City after just about two months of work.
Twinee
(not her real name) had been treated lesser than the dogs of her employer who
would constantly order her maid to feed her pets on time.
She
had only few pieces of bread for breakfast and made to eat her lunch as late as
past two in the afternoon.
Twinee,
who was made to sign a contract with an "agency," was paid P2,500 a
month, but the agency that hired her demanded a "placement fee" of P6,000
which she would pay in a maximum of one year, excluding another fee of P8,000
to be paid later.
She
did not get her salary until her rescue.
Because
of her habitual hunger, the girl in one time suddenly got dizzy and fell from
upstairs inside her employer's house.
When
she asked her employer for a medicine, the latter would throw it to her
Twinee
had been verbally abused, too.
Chatto's
office coordinated with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to rescue
Twinee.
She
left Bohol in the fit of health, but is now suffering from an unexplained illness.
Her
hairs have gradually fallen so that she would just take a half-bath and not comb,
or she would return home totally bald.
Twinee
was set to see a doctor when interviewed by the Chronicle in a long distance call.
She
temporarily stays at the house of the Chattos in Manila and may be home days from
now. (Ven rebo Arigo) | 
