A LICENSED maid agency, which had allegedly locked up 105 foreign women, was raided by the Selangor Immigration Department in Port Klang yesterday.
The women alleged that they had been physically abused. Some claimed they were forced to eat paper to stave off hunger pangs as they were only provided with food rations.
State Immigration director Amran Ahmad said a surveillance of the agency was initiated following a tip-off.
He said a team, formed to investigate the case, had been monitoring the agency for the past few weeks and decided to move in at 8am on Saturday.
The women, aged between 18 and 25, were found locked up in rooms at the four-storey agency in Bandar Baru Klang.
“Every morning, the women were taken in a van and delivered to various homes in the Klang Valley to do maid services.
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