MORE SHOCKING STORIES ON SEX MONGERING EMBASSY OFFICIALS

MORE SHOCKING STORIES ON SEX MONGERING EMBASSY OFFICIALS

News Item: Pinay shares ordeal at hands of POLO officer in Saudi http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/06/20/13/pinay-victim-shares-ordeal-hands-polo-officer-saudi

 An alleged victim of the 'sex-for-flight' scheme in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia shared her experience as news of distressed Pinay workers allegedly exploited by Philippine embassy and labor officials in the Middle East continue to unravel.

The victim, a repatriated OFW from KSA told the journalist who interviewed her: The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) approached the OFW and asked her:  "'Fertile ka ba ngayon? Kasi dadalin kita mamaya sa bahay. Mamaya, kunwari ihahatid kita sa Bahay Kalinga pero huwag ka lang maingay. Kunwari lang yun pero idederetso kita sa bahay ko.' Nagulat po talaga ako na ganun ang sinabi niya sa akin. Feeling niya talaga mataas na mataas na opisyal po siya alam nya papayag ako," she said.

She added that it was the very same POLO officer who pimped her out to an Egyptian national who owned a recruitment agency.

The OFW said she pleaded with the Egyptian national who eventually bought her return ticket to the Philippines.

Michelle said that another POLO officer also made lewd comments towards her while she was spending time inside the Saudi Welfare Center (SWA).

It was during her stay at the SWA where she found out that other POLO case officers ask for money instead of sex from undocumented OFWs.

The 39-year-old single mother is afraid is her chances of getting another overseas job will be compromised once she files a formal complaint.

But she could still change her mind about filing a formal complaint if the government guarantees that it would not affect her chance of landing another job abroad.

The sex trafficking by the very people who are supposed to save the defenseless OFWs a unpardonable. The problem seems to be very common in the Mideast posts and not entirely concentrated in Jordan-Kuwait-Syria Triangle. The overseas Filipino communities around the world are watching this cases now, and we are asking the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs to look carefully into this debacles of pimping by the officials and staffs of the Philippine Missions overseas. And, since the DOLE people are also involved neck-deep in this shameful “business”, Sec. Baldoz must also begin to hone her axe. These officials and staff of Embassies must be removed from their posts, prosecuted and if found guilty,  must be punished and banned from any responsible position in any government position. Frankly, they are not even qualified to clean toilet bowls.

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