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Filipino maid working in Saudi Arabia was tied to a tree as punishment for leaving furniture outside in the sun.
Lovely Acosta Baruelo, 26, was reportedly tied to a tree in Saudi Arabia because she left an expensive piece of furniture out in the sun
A Filipino maid was allegedly tied to a tree as punishment for leaving furniture outside in the sun.
The woman, named Lovely Acosta Baruelo, 26, had been working for a wealthy family in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for several months.
But she is said to have angered her employers after leaving a piece of expensive furniture outside in the heat, where it risked being faded by the sun.
A colleague, also from the Philippines, took pictures of the alleged punishment showing Lovely tied by her wrists and legs to a tree in the family’s garden on May 9.
The Middle Eastern family are understood to have carried out the act to show her the effects of staying outside in under the sun.
The Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it was made aware of the situation and successfully helped the mother-of-two to return home.
A spokesman said: ‘The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reports that Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Lovely Acosta Baruelo from Saudi Arabia arrived in Manila at 8:55 p.m. on 9 May 2019.
‘The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh reported that the case of OFW Baruelo was referred to them on 9 May, and she was repatriated on the same day. OFW Baruelo was allegedly punished by her employer by being tied to a tree.’
A woman who claimed to be Acosta’s co-worker appealed for help and said that their employer would hurt them whenever they commit small mistakes.
Speaking this week, the relieved worker said: ‘Thank you so much to all those who helped me. I want to also ask help for the other Filipinos left there. They are the ones who helped me and uploaded my pictures. I am afraid for their safety. I hope they get rescued too.
‘You old man will find your karma, just you wait. Keep deducting our salaries. This is the reason why you have poor health. It’s your karma for all the wrong things you did.’
An estimated 2.3 million Filipinos work in the Middle East and Africa. Of this number, more than half are women.
There have been many complaints that they are mistreated by their new employers.
Earlier this year Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said that sending over 1,000 youths to the Gulf region to work as maids, drivers, waiters and waitresses is part of the PF government’s job creation strategy.
“When we say PF is creating employment this is what we mean,” Mrs Mwanakatwe said.
She announced that Government has secured 1,000 jobs per year in the gulf region, for waiters, waitresses, drivers and maids.
Mrs. Mwanakatwe said the PF government has collaborated with the Gulf region to send 1,000 Zambians per year to Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates to work as waiters, waitresses, drivers and maids.
She stated that the PF promised the Zambian people jobs as outlined in its manifesto and that an opportunity had arisen for many ordinary Zambians to travel abroad for work in an honest and safe manner.
Source:
Daily Mail UK
Lusakatimes article- PF job creation strategy
You call this jobs laughable
This is one of the isolated cases in Middle East. Mostly, the servants and other workers are not punished this way by their employees.
Just like here in Zambia, a house maid may experience terrible things under some of you but that does not mean all of Zambians do the same.
You call that being punished?
At least she was resting from chores while tied up, and getting a sun tan while at it.
These are not the types of cruelty that the Arabs can inflict.
In fact, this woman is lucky. And I am sure she is not the one that complained.
I still have picture of Ba Ester dressed in black looking sexxz like Saudi, signing MoU to ship domestic workers and millions of goats.
Dora as minister of energy paid for a ship loaded with electricity.
Just go and work
[email protected] Arabs are generally bad people. I know that they are human just like us but when they mean to be bad they are real devils. We are yet to hear from people who have worked as domestic servants before for Arabs testify to the world that they were treated well.
So PF has started human trafficking to continue to enrich themselves because loans have dried up.
PF had no shame at all. Sending the whole VP for treatment to south Africa and yet the call themselves leaders of a country. How stupid!
PF must go.
These creatures are animals and not human beings! This is NOT an isolated case. Several women from Kenya, Nigeria have reported being abused and raped by hairy racist Saudi beasts! They treat their own wives, sisters, mothers daughters like animals. How much worse do you think they will treat foreigners!
I NOW STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT MAGGY IS A DRUNK PER COMPLAINT BY SOME MEMBERS OF THE NDF.
Honestly how can a Minister not get wind of the atrocities committed by Arabs to their maids in the Middle East???
This news is everywhere on social media and lots of Nigerian women and men have faced similar atrocities.
Maggy is disorientated by the tots of hot stuff. Please change madam Minister.
Send PFoools cadres only, they think their dull leadership has found jobs for people…. the stup!dity in PFoools is overwhelming
How in their right mind can a Government send its citizens to Saudi Arabia to work a place where the human rights record is one of the worst in the world.
That drunkard Maggie can not even stay 24 hrs in Middle East without tilting a bottle of Whiskey…she is lucky she has a very dull lazy boss out of touch with reality who thinks she is doing a good job.
this pf regime is busy selling/sending people into slavery while their pockets are becoming full…lol
No wonder its called the third world. While other countries are exporting highly skilled labour, here we are sending house servants and garden boys as expatriates. Cant our policy makers come up with ways to create jobs within the country or dont they just want to consult the smart job creators.
That’s job creation for them sending maids and drivers into slavery and giving the black Mountain to youths….in the 21st century that’s the best they can come up with sure?
Ba LT how many times do you have to repeat that she left something in the sun? – point taken the first time! mwaumfwa?
It’s very hot in Saudi Arabia that’s why!!
Its the best Scatter brain drunks maggie and her boss can do for all the unemployed in the country.. even as our currency goes to hell..
Modern day slavery. While long ago Africans were forced into slavery, today we volunteer to be slaves. Some droun in high seas on their way to Europe to be slaves. Some Zambians with degrees are now chamber maids wiping soiled white arses. Oh Africa my Africa ..full of mineral, oil and other natural resources yet so poor. Remember the same arabs you are sending your people to where not long time ago slave merchants.
Take easy. There are so many village chickens being abused in Zambia and yet we keep quite.Imwe!!!
PF logic =
send Zambians to work as maids in Middle East =
bring Indians and Chinese to Zambia to work…..
These creatures are animals and not human beings! This is NOT an isolated case. Several women from Kenya, Nigeria have reported being abused and raped by hairy racist Saudi beasts! They treat their own wives, sisters, mothers daughters like animals. How much worse do you think they will treat foreigners!
The solution is to get educated. Even in Saudi Arabia you can earn good $$$ as an accountant and support your less privileged family.
These grab jobs of waiters, cleaning etc come with abuse. Get education and be a pilot for Saudi Arabia.
Where and were are different. I will come and comment once you clean up the headline. You may not be different from this same place