Pinay, a victim of slavery
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I got home early tonight. It’s been ages since I have watched the nightly news, since I get home around 9:00 pm or even late. I remember Peter Jennings, he’s my favorite. The news tonight was pretty interesting. As a matter of fact, I believe, Kuta talked about this one many months back. What am I talking about?
I’m talking about these two Filipino doctors in Milwaukee who supposedly hired a domestic helper from the Philippines only to be treated as slave. The story or the rumors has it that these two Filipino doctors are not even US Citizens! So, I’m sure, it’s spelled deportation to them once they finish their prison term. My blood level was rising as I was watching the news!
And what infuriates me more is that - P** bleep, Pinoy sila? Maid nila Pinay? Taz ginawang slave nang mga P* bleep!
I was glued on TV and I can’t believe what I was watching! Here’s the story:
Slaves in the U.S.: ‘This Happens All Over the Country’
Slavery — it might still happen in third-world countries halfway across the world, but it doesn’t hit close to home. The problem exists solely in the pages of history books as far as the United States is concerned. Right?
In the 21st century, most probably think that slavery could not exist in this day and age. But that thought is wrong.
Government estimates say about 15,000 to 18,000 people enter the United States annually to work in deplorable conditions for little or no pay. These men, women and children are the victims of global human trafficking — a lucrative and thriving underground trade.
Tonight: One survivor’s story in part one of Pierre Thomas’ series “Slavery in America: Living in the Shadows,” on “World News With Charles Gibson.”
ABC’s Pierre Thomas spoke with one young woman who survived being a slave in America.
Evelyn Chumbow’s captor told the young girl’s family that Chumbow would get a top-notch education and have a new world of opportunity in the U.S. Instead, the woman enslaved the then 11-year-old in her home, forcing her to work long hours, depriving her of the education she was promised and never paying her a dime.
She told her story of survival, triumph over the sadistic woman who held her captive, and how she is now rebuilding her own life while striving to help others in an exclusive interview with ABC News.
‘There’s Nowhere in America That It Doesn’t Happen’
“What I would say to the American people is that they have to realize that this happens all over the country, in the backs of restaurants, in the fields in Florida, in the timber industry in the north of New York. There’s nowhere in America that it doesn’t happen,” said Melanie Orhant, Chumbow’s former attorney and the managing attorney for the Break the Chain Campaign, an organization that helps trafficking survivors.
Assistant Attorney General Wan Kim, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said money drives the human trafficking industry.
“When you ask yourself, how could a human being do this to another human being, there’s no good answer to that. But one of the answers is, boy, they’re making a lot of money or saving a lot of money by doing that,” said Kim.
“We’ve had cases where people have been victimized and forced into domestic servitude for more then decade. Think about how much you could save, a person could save, if they didn’t have to pay for house cleaning, for cooking for baby-sitting services for that period of time,” he said.
Lured to America
Some slaves are simply kidnapped and slipped across U.S. borders. Others — too poor to pay off the transport fee of ruthless smugglers — work for months to pay off the debt. Some are lured by work or tourist visas only to be forced to work for little or no pay.
The slaves are controlled by their captors with the threat of arrest or deportation, and in many cases, beatings.
Victims of slavery often cannot speak English, and sometimes they cannot read or write — issues that magnify their isolation. And with no friends or family nearby, for all intents and purposes — they don’t exist.
All Across the Country
A recent case involved a girl brought from Egypt to work seven days a week for a wealthy couple in Irvine, Calif. Federal prosecutors showed a home video at the couple’s trial, showing the girl cleaning up after her masters’ family while everyone else, including children appearing to be about the age of the girl, enjoyed a birthday party.
Two Milwaukee doctors were sentenced to four years in prison for enslaving a young Filipino woman for 19 years. She lived hidden in a basement storage room of the doctors’ upscale home and was only allowed upstairs to work as a servant.
“I think most Americans would be saddened and shocked to know about the extent of this problem,” said Kim.
Once freed, the victims of slavery try to piece their lives back together. There are dozens of support groups around the country to help victims get education, employment and counseling.
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21 Comments on Pinay, a victim of slavery
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Tue, 22nd May 2007 3:37 am
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angel on
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May mga ibang tao na hindi alam ang law kagaya ng dalawang doktor na ungas na yan!
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duktor ang mga P*bleep!*ang nang yon! am sure alam nila pero dinala sa takot yong kawawang pinay! hayop talaga yong dalwang pilipinong yon! sabi sayo pag nakita ko anino nun, dapat nun lasunin!
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LOL! Reyn puso mo naka stapler lang yan!
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Two Milwaukee doctors were sentenced to four years in prison for enslaving a young Filipino woman for 19 years. She lived hidden in a basement storage room of the doctors’ upscale home and was only allowed upstairs to work as a servant.
Hindi ko nabasa ng buo… Putang*** mga tao ba yang mga duktor na yan? May pinagaralan pa man din sila mga PUTANG*** NILA! Medyo delayed ang reaction ko ngayon ko lang nabasa ng buo. Katulong din ako kaya nakikisimpatya ako sa kanya.
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awwwww….
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Bat nawawala si Ghandee? Sino bang hinahabol nang babaeng to? Nahuli na ba nya? He He He!
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sinong huhulihin nya?
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Yong pinag-de-depresan nya, di ba? He He He Sarap pag-usapan pag wala sya! Ha Ha Ha! Teka, baka binilhan nya nang bahay kaya busy? Check mo nga mga sales mo C5!!!
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ganon ba…hahaha…dipa ba online? ma-check nga…
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hehehe! andito lang ako noh! kala nyo huh!
basa mode lang ako. 
nabasa ko na yong tungkol sa 2 doctors na nagtago ng pinay para gawing katulong. nabasa ko don sa ofw-connect yata yon. nakakaiyak yong kwento.
ayon din dun sa kwento muganda na ang life nong katulong na yon.
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oi, bakit wala ka sa ym ha…may pinagtataguan ka ha… kelan kayo punta dito? nex wik? tara sama ka sa EB namin! 
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mamacee, naurong na naman yong pagpunta ng batangas. 
sa eb nyo naman, alanganin. Waahhh.. Pero try ko pa rin kung makalusot ako.
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ghandee, sumama ka sa EB nila! maganda pala dyan sa Batangas! napunta ako dyan nung January!
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di bale, inggitin ka nalang namin… wehhhehehehehe…
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sige, inang, i-vodoo mo yang mga nang-aapi ng mga katulad ko. heto uli ang vodoo doll sana ang perdibleng sinlaki ng itak.
uy, lapit na ang EB!
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inang reyna, hehe di ako nakakagala sa batangas. don lang ako lagi sa bahay. pero uu, dami bitch este beach don. hehe. sino pinuntahan mo don?
mamacee, sige mang-inggit na lang kayo! por que andito ko sa bataan…huhuhu
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minsan jan kami magi-eb! punta tayo corregidor! diba di ka pa nakarating dun?
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sama ko pag sa corregidor!
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Wealthy NY couple charged with slavery
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070524/ap_on_re_us/forced_labor
Dapat sa mga gagong to silabin kaluluwa!!!
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070524/ap_on_re_us/forced_labor
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - A millionaire couple accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves in their luxurious Long Island home and abusing them for years have been indicted on federal slavery charges.
Varsha Mahender Sabhnani, 35, and her husband, Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, 51, operate a worldwide perfume business out of their home, contracting with overseas factories to manufacture the fragrances.
The two were arrested last week after one of their servants was found wandering outside a doughnut shop on Long Island, wearing only pants and a towel. The woman was believed to have fled the home in Muttontown, a tony community on Long Island’s north shore, when she took the trash out the night before.
THEY SHOULD ALL BURN THESE PEOPLE ALIVE!!!
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nakapunta na me dun
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