Indonesian domestic workers tend to be less well educated than their Filipino peers. Photo: AFP Indonesian domestic workers tend to be less well educated than their Filipino peers. Photo: AFP
Indonesian domestic workers tend to be less well educated than their Filipino peers. Photo: AFP

Language and cultural barriers leave Hong Kong's Indonesian maids 'more vulnerable to abuse'

Language and cultural barriers and an undeveloped support network have allowed abuse by cruel employers to go unchecked

Topic |   Erwiana Sulistyaningsih
Indonesian domestic workers tend to be less well educated than their Filipino peers. Photo: AFP Indonesian domestic workers tend to be less well educated than their Filipino peers. Photo: AFP
Indonesian domestic workers tend to be less well educated than their Filipino peers. Photo: AFP
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