Malaysian Among Three Rescued After Living As Slaves in London Home
Nov 23, 2013 00:01
Three unidentified women have reportedly been rescued from a south London home where they were being kept as slaves for at least 30 years.
According to a statement from Scotland Yard, the women who were rescued includea 69-year-old Malaysian woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman and a 30-year-old British woman who is believed to have been born into captivity.
A 67-year-old man and woman who are not British citizens were arrested on suspicion of being involved in forced labour and domestic servitude. They applied for bail until January 2014.
Back in October, Freedom Charity had received a phone call from one of the women after seing a television documentary produced by the charity about forced marriages. The London charity then contacted police, who found the home before securing the women's release.
[Free Malaysia Today]
According to a statement from Scotland Yard, the women who were rescued includea 69-year-old Malaysian woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman and a 30-year-old British woman who is believed to have been born into captivity.
A 67-year-old man and woman who are not British citizens were arrested on suspicion of being involved in forced labour and domestic servitude. They applied for bail until January 2014.
Back in October, Freedom Charity had received a phone call from one of the women after seing a television documentary produced by the charity about forced marriages. The London charity then contacted police, who found the home before securing the women's release.
"We have seen some cases when people have been held for 10 years, but we have never seen anything of this magnitude before,” Detective Inspector Kevin Hyland said at a press conference.
The women have been described as so “terrified” by their captors that they did not dare to leave the front door. While there were no immediate signs of sexual abuse, we cannot imagine what kind of hell they had to endure behind those walls.[Free Malaysia Today]
