WHEN Indonesian Elen Retno Bunga Anggraeny moved to Singapore in 2017 to become a domestic helper, she had to work for six months without salary to pay off S$3,000 (RM9,167) in agency fees back home.
Her employer was temperamental and scolded her often, but she pressed on, worrying about her debt, she said via phone from her hometown in Cluring, East Java.
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