Is agency aiding maids who run away?

A housewife whose maid ran away after just three months is suspicious the agency she came from is involved in some kind of scam.

PETALING JAYA: A housewife has suspicions that a maid agency operating here is allegedly aiding their Filipino maids who run away from their employers after just three months with them.

Speaking to FMT, Wong, 40, related her experience with her own Filipino maid, Ruth Balingo, 31 who ran away just three months after she started work in May 2014.

During her first month, she (Ruth) complained that she wanted to go back to her home because she could not cope with the job and missed her five children.

She begged me to send her back directly to the Philippines and not to tell the agency about it because if she returned there, she would have to work at another home.

However, Wong said she persuaded Ruth to stay with her as she had only worked three weeks and had yet to receive her first months salary. However, other issues soon cropped up.

I caught her on closed circuit television (CCTV) talking to herself and crying in the kitchen, Wong said, adding that Ruth looked like she was suffering from mental problems.

After three months, Ruth ran away while Wong was out on errands, yet upon calling the agency to inform them the next day, she was told that Ruth was with them.

I started to feel suspicious when they asked me if I wanted another maid, Wong said and added that the agency informed her she would have to fork out the full payment because the warranty period was over.

They explained that during the three month warranty period employers were allowed to change their maid if they were not satisfied with the services or request for a new maid if the one with them had run away.

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Is agency aiding maids who run away?