Undocumented OFW dies in Kuala Lumpur hospital

MANILA, Philippines - An undocumented Filipina in her early 40s died of cancer at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital last Sept. 29, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday night.

The DFA website said the woman, whom it did not name, went to Malaysia five months ago in search of work.

It said it and the Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur will facilitate the repatriation of her remains to Manila.

The woman's plight prompted the DFA to reiterate its warning to jobseekers against job-hunting in Malaysia using a visit visa.

"Not only is it against Malaysian labor and immigration regulations, such 'tourist workers,' whose presence is unknown to the Embassy or to any other Philippine government agency, have virtually no protection against abuse and exploitation," it said.

According to the DFA, the woman was reported to have been invited to go to Malaysia by a Filipino friend who is married to a Malaysian national.

She worked for two months as a domestic worker but was forced to stop due to her poor health.

Last Sept. 17, she sought the assistance of the Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur which brought her to KLGH where attending physicians discovered that she had cancer.

She related to the doctor that she had undergone mastectomy and chemotherapy in 1997.

"After a brief confinement at KLGH, she showed marked improvement and was released on 26 September. The doctors suggested that it would be to her best interest to go back to the Philippines," the DFA said.

But last Sept. 28, while waiting for her flight back to Manila at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, she fainted and the Embassy's Assistance-to-Nationals Officer, who accompanied her had to rush her back to KLGH. - GMANews.TV

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