Employers Refuse to Release Pinay OFW Despite Injuries

An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) was being held by her employers in Saudi Arabia after she got into an accident.

In a Facebook post of Headlines sa Pinas, Rahima Makinay Panda said she got injured when her employer’s vehicle crashed in Jeddah on June 16.

Panda suffered injuries in her right leg because of the impact and had a surgery on July 13 by inserting a piece of stainless steel on her leg.

Photo credit: Headline sa Pinas/Facebook

However, Panda said her employers still forced her to work in order to compensate on the SR 25,000 (Dh 24,483) they had spent for her surgery.
The post said she sought the help of her agency and agreed to let her fly back to the Philippines. Her agency charged her employers SR 12,000 (Dh 11,752), but they refused to pay the amount.

Panda’s employers told her to let her parents pay the amount the agency is asking for before she could be released from them.

She is now seeking help from other people to get her story to TV anchor Raffy Tulfo, believing that he could help her. (Source Headline Sa Pinas Facebook)

(Source: FilipinoTimes.net)