AT LEAST 4,000 foreign maids ran away from their employers' homes last year, according to their embassies and shelters for foreign workers.
Most complained they were homesick or stressed out by tough work conditions. Most had also been here for under six months and had yet to earn a single month's pay as they were still repaying hefty 'loans' - of up to 11 months' salary - to employers.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
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