Indonesian maid's torture highlights lack of legal protections

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 10, 2023 2:42 pm

JAKARTA: Beaten, forced to eat animal feces and chained to a dog cage — the abuse of an Indonesian maid highlights the government's failure to protect domestic workers at home even as it moves to help those abroad, critics say.

Siti Khotimah left her Central Java hometown for capital Jakarta last year when she found a maid job on Facebook to help her parents with debt.

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