Indonesian Maids

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  Forced To Eat Dog Faeces, Chained: Indonesian Maid's Horrific Abuse

  Beaten, forced to eat animal faeces 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.

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  Singapore Jails Indonesian Maid For Funding ISIS-Linked Group

  An Indonesian maid was jailed for two years in Singapore Thursday for giving money to an ISIS-linked terror outfit blamed for a string of attacks in her home country.

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  Singapore Detains 3 Indonesian Maids Over Allegations Of "Funding ISIS"

  Singapore has detained three Indonesian maids without trial under tough security laws over allegations they donated funds to support the Islamic State (ISIS) group, authorities said.

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  Singapore Punishes Firm After ''Maids For Sale'' Ads Spark Outrage

  Singapore has suspended a maid employment agency's licence and threatened to prosecute the company over "undignified" online ads offering Indonesian helpers for sale, after the postings sparked fury.

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  Singapore Advertisement Offers Indonesian Maids For Sale, Draws Criticism

  Online ads in Singapore offering Indonesian maids for sale were Wednesday condemned as "unjust and demeaning", in a rare flare-up of tensions between the neighbours over domestic helpers.

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  Hong Kong Woman Faces Up to 7 Years Prison for Maid Abuse

  A Hong Kong woman who was found guilty of beating and starving her Indonesian maid and keeping her prisoner faces up to seven years in prison when she appears in court for sentencing today.

• 'Tortured' Maid's ex-Boss Denies Charges in Hong Kong Court

  A Hong Kong woman accused of torturing her Indonesian maid in a case that sparked international concern on Tuesday denied all the charges against her.

• Singapore-Indian Woman Charged for Abusing Domestic Help

  A 31-year-old Singaporean woman of Indian-origin was charged in a court in Singapore for abusing her Indonesian maid by using a hot iron to hurt her legs.

• 'Tortured' maid's ex-boss faces new charges in Hong Kong

  A Hong Kong woman who allegedly tortured her Indonesian domestic helper in a case which sparked international concern is facing new charges relating to unpaid wages and owed holidays, a court heard Tuesday.

• 'Tortured' Indonesian maid listed on Time's top 100

  Time magazine has named an Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her Hong Kong employer as one of the world's 100 most influential people, putting the spotlight on the city's treatment of its migrant workers.

• Hong Kong police interview 'tortured' Indonesian maid

  Hong Kong police on Tuesday interviewed an Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her employer, who is now under arrest in the Chinese city, as Indonesia's president phoned the domestic worker to express his sorrow at the "tragedy".

• Indonesian maid sentenced to death for child murder in Saudi Arabia

  A Saudi court sentenced an Indonesian housemaid to death after she was convicted of murdering her employers' four-year-old child.

• Malaysia frees 105 foreign maids 'held against will'

  Malaysian authorities have freed 105 mostly Indonesian maids who were forced to work without pay by day and held against their will at night, local media reported on Monday.

• Indonesian maid raped, thrown from window: Report

  An Indonesian maid was allegedly raped twice by a neighbour, who then cut and strangled her before throwing her out of the window of a second-storey flat, media reports said Tuesday.

• Maid kills Singaporean widow after being called stupid

  A teenage Indonesian maid is facing a long jail term after pleading guilty to hitting and strangling an 87-year-old Singaporean widow who called her stupid, a report said on Thursday.