{"id":16997,"date":"2014-06-26T01:09:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=16997"},"modified":"2014-06-26T01:09:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T17:09:00","slug":"pinay-rape-victim-falls-from-a-building-in-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/26\/pinay-rape-victim-falls-from-a-building-in-kuwait\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinay rape victim falls from a building in Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Facade of the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait. Photo from the official website of the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — A Filipina working as a household service worker, who was reported to have been raped, fell from a building in Kuwait.<\/p>\n

Krizia,\u00a0 not her real name, 27, is working for an Iranian employer since her arrival in Kuwait last May 17.<\/p>\n

In trying to escape from her employer, she tied up the bed sheets and tried to escape out of the window of a building where she was allegedly locked in a room.<\/p>\n

Krizia narrated that she was raped by the brother of her female employer last June 9.<\/p>\n

But the moment she tried to complain, her employer, who did not believed her, dismissed the issue.<\/p>\n

She decided to seek help of her manpower agency on June 16 and they immediately filed a case against her employer.<\/p>\n

The employer however, bargained for her immediate repatriation in exchange of her not pursuing the case, saying that the case may still drag on for years.<\/p>\n

Krizia said she was locked up inside a room at her agency’s building when she said that she wanted to go to the Philippine Embassy to seek help.<\/p>\n

“Tumatakas po ako kasi naka-lock po ang pintuan. Gusto ko po pumunta ng embassy para magsumbong po kasi ni rape po ako,” Krizia said in an interview for ABS-CBN News.<\/span><\/p>\n

[I tried to escape because the door was locked. I wanted to go to the embassy to report that I was raped.]<\/p>\n

The Philippine Embassy has recently suspended the manpower agency and is now preparing to file a case against the said agency and the employer of Krizia.<\/p>\n

With reports from ABS-CBN News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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