Are you buying slavery?

By Ch’ng Chin Chin

September 2014 FEATURE
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Hidden, out of sight, without a voice. Modern slavery is a real and terrible problem, and it’s happening right under our noses.Lai (not her real name) paid for her own airfare to get from Ho Chi Minh to KL. After arriving, she was arranged to work in a massage parlour where her employer confiscated her passport and forced her to have sex with her clients. If she wanted to leave, she would have to return the RM1,500 her employer claimed...

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Ch’ng Chin Chin

just joined the pool of first home owners. A researcher and an avid traveller, she has no plans to give up travelling yet.

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