The government says it condemns abuse of maid but has not done anything o review the laws to protect them, say human rights activists .
KUALA LUMPUR: Hok Pov had never been beaten and never known hunger until she came to work in Malaysia in April.
In the six weeks that she worked as a maid for a Malaysian family, she says she lost 10 kilograms while toiling 20 hours a day with little to eat. Often she was slapped and punched by her employer, she says.
“I was so hungry that I even ate chicken bones,” a sobbing Hok Pov, 31, said at the office of Malaysian rights’ group Tenaganita that rescued her in June with the help of police.
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