An overseas Filipino worker allegedly committed suicide inside the
center of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
Aloha Magbanua, 34, allegedly killed herself inside the OWWA center
in Kuala Lumpur. However, her family believes she did not kill herself.
Her brother, Ryan Magbanua, said Aloha sent a message during the
first week of October advising them not to believe in any news of her
suicide. He said Aloha was being detained in an apartment.
After giving birth to her first-born child, Aloha flew to Malaysia last July to work as a domestic helper.
Several months into her job, Aloha told her family that she was being
maltreated by her employer, prompting her mother to seek help from the
OWWA headquarters in Manila.
Aloha's family said she was supposed to leave for the Philippines last November 8.
OWWA administrator Carmelita Dimzon, meanwhile, said prior to the
incident inside the OWWA center in Kuala Lumpuir, Aloha had attempted to
kill herself.
"Ito palang worker ay may attempt nang mag-suicide. At mukhang may
problema siya sa employer niya. Hindi naming maintindihan pero mukhang
may malalim na problema," she said.
Aloha's family is asking for the speedy repatriation of the OFW's remains, and to determine the real cause of her death.
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