176 Vietnamese workers found themselves abused not only by their employer but also by the Vietnamese government officials sent to Jordan to bring the workers home.
This is the story of Le Thi Huyen-Tran, a young Vietnamese woman from rural Vietnam brought to Malaysia to be married off.
The marriage broker is a Vietnamese woman, herself married to a Malaysian Chinese. On the same day Huyen-Tran was taken home by her "husband," she suddenly fell ill. The husband returned her to the broker, who called a nurse to give her an injection. A week later she died. The autopsy reveals high level of anti-depressant medication in her blood and "multi-organ failure."
The case is under investigation by the Malaysian police.
261 Vietnamese workers were trafficked to Jordan to work at W&D Apparel in the Al Taljamou'at Qualifying Industrial Zone. They were deceived, exploited, abused, beaten, and held captive. Over 150 of them were eventually rescued and sent home. Most of these returnees are facing daunting difficulties back in Vietnam: loss of homes and farmlands, broken families, emotional distress, and physicall illnesses. Many among the 105 workers still stranded in Jordan have unsuccessfully petitioned to go home.
In late 2007 Vietnam reached agreement to send domestic workers to Malaysia. Since then, many such workers have become victims of trafficking.
This video tells the story of four Vietnamese women who recently escaped to freedom and safety. While no longer being exploited by their employers and held captive by their Malaysian broker, Winbond, their future remains uncertain as their Vietnamese broker, SONA, has refused to bring them home.
This video documents the interview of Dr. Nguyen Dinh Thang, Executive Director, of BPSOS and co-founder of Coalition to Abolish Modern-day Slavery in Asia (CAMSA), with two victims of labor trafficking.
