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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday embassy personnel in Bahrain rescued a Filipina maid from her employer after she posted a desperate cry for help on her Facebook page.
Staff at the Philippine embassy were alerted to the plight of the 28-year-old maid, who claims she was raped and beaten by her employer’s son, after she posted the video on her Facebook page on Thursday morning.
The video attracted about 78,000 shares and 19,000 likes.
“The rescue was prompted by the video message... She is now under the care of our embassy,” foreign ministry spokesman Charles Jose told AFP.
Philippine embassy officials and staff from the maid’s employment agency picked her up from her employer’s house, Jose said, adding that police were investigating the incident.
The maid’s alleged assailant denied to police that he attacked her, Ricky Aragon, vice-consul at the Philippine embassy in Bahrain, told AFP by phone.
In the three-minute long video, which appears to have been made on a webcam, the maid accused her employer’s “drug addict” son of raping her.
She also posted a written appeal for viewers to contact the Philippine embassy on her behalf.
“After my employer’s son abused me, he threatened to kill me and bury me in the desert if I tell anyone about what happened,” she said.
The maid said her employer did not believe her claims of being raped and beaten and insisted she finish the remaining two months of her contract before she could go home. Her employer also told her to have an abortion if she became pregnant, she added.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the maid left the Philippines as an undocumented worker. “She has no records with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration,” she said. – Mayen Jaymalin
Philippine Star – Sat, Apr 11, 2015
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