If you're aware of abuse and do nothing, you are part of the problem

Silence encourages the tormentor, not the tormented. Photo: 123.rf

By the time Adelina Lisao received help, it was too late. The 26-year-old domestic worker passed away barely a day after she was rescued. Adelina was abused, allegedly by her employers, within the confines of their home in Bukit Mertajam, Penang.

Abuse often lurks in the shadows, behind closed doors but it is rarely a secret. Adelina’s neighbours later reported that she’d been sleeping outside on the porch with the family’s pet dog and was constantly yelled at.