NGO lauds appeals court decision ordering housewife to serve 10-year jail term for trafficking maid

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PETALING JAYA: Tenaganita has come out in support of a Court of Appeal decision to order a housewife to begin serving a 10-year jail term after losing her final appeal against a charge of trafficking an Indonesian woman and exploiting her for forced labour.

In a statement Thursday (Oct 26), the non-governmental organisation expressed it satisfaction over the decision in the case of housewife Zaimatulhakma Abdul Hamid, who was found guilty of trafficking and abusing Supiyah, an Indonesian domestic worker, over an extended period.