Wednesday 5 June 2013

Nanny forced to work 16-hour days


Filipino nanny Leticia Sarmiento testified at a human trafficking trial that involved her one of her employers, Oi Ling Nicole Huen. Sarmiento had no idea she was only in the country with a 6 month working Visa which was long expired. According to Sarmiento, she was working for the employers as a live-in nanny since 2008. Sarmiento took care for their three children. A heated event occurred when Huen told her to feed a child some milk, water and bread and when Sarmiento served soy milk, Huen threw the soy milk and she started cleaning. Huen took the towel and threw it in Sarmiento's face, telling her to "get out." She then called 911 and asked for help.
The idea of this is sickening. I know how hard people try to get out of the Philippines to work abroad and make a living of their own. For this to happen to anyone is actually terrible. This relates to Law 12 because it relates to an illegal topic, trafficking.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Nanny+tells+human+trafficking+trial+forced+work+16hour+days/8483495/story.html

1 comment:

  1. She only had a 6-month working visa and has been employed by the family since 2008? That's absolutely ridiculous!

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