There are greater than 200,000 overseas home employees in Singapore.
Below the legislation, they must be not less than 23 years previous.
However one NGO says it’s seeing increasingly minors at its shelter for abused maids.
Most of those women come from Myanmar, the place investigations reveal an online of deceit and corruption within the recruitment course of, and immigration officers are repeatedly bribed to physician birthdates on journey paperwork.
Due to their youth, the ladies are sometimes straightforward targets for abusive employers and sexual predators.
However simply how unhealthy is the issue and what’s being performed to treatment it? 101 East investigates.
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Initially revealed 29 September 2016
