Recruiter charged for duping 2 Pinays into Sabah prostitution

MANILA, Philippines - Two Filipino women who were promised employment as waitresses in Malaysia but were later forced into prostitution lodged a complaint against their recruiter on Wednesday.

Candy Almodovar Anonuevo, 21, and Mary Rose Bato, 21, both residents of Sta Rosa in Laguna filed a complaint against their Malaysia-based recruiter.

A police report said Melody Barrinuevo Morales, 20, lured the two to work in a restaurant in Malaysia. But upon their arrival in Sabah’s capital city of Kota Kinabalu, they were forced to work as prostitutes.

After enduring almost three months of sex labor, the two escaped on July 16 and returned to the Philippines.

The Laguna police said it will file appropriate charges against Morales who currently resides in Kota Kinabalu.

Citing data from the 2006 US Department of State Human Rights Report, online advocacy site humantrafficking.org said that about 300,000 to 400,000 Filipino women are trafficked to countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, South Africa, North America, and Europe.

The report said that many Filipino men and women voluntarily migrate to work abroad but were later coerced into exploitative conditions.

Philippine Labor officials have advised aspiring overseas Filipino workers to always check with the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency regarding job vacancies abroad.

Earlier this month, the Ing Makababaing Aksyon Foundation exposed that the Diosdado Macapagal Airport in Pampanga is used daily to bring young women to Sandakan, in Sabah to become unwitting prostitutes.

On July 6, about 10 Filipino women were repatriated back to Manila after being coerced into prostitution by their recruiters in Malaysia. - GMANews.TV

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