OFW in Kuwait made to clean second-floor window without safety gear

A video of a Filipino worker cleaning a second-floor window in Kuwait without safety gear has reached George Raphael, an Australian who has helped abused OFWs in the Gulf state leave their employers.

A report by GMA News' JP Soriano on 24 Oras on Wednesday said the video was given to Raphael by a Filipino worker.

According to Raphael, he has seen numerous abuses committed on Filipino workers in his six years of staying in Kuwait.

He also said he was able to help some of them, including one who was nearly raped by the men living in her employer's house.

"She was getting abused by four men in the house," Raphael said.

Raphael said he also helped several OFWs who were being sold by their respective employers.

Some OFWs whom Raphael helped were brought to the Philippine Embassy while some were hired to work in his restaurant.

The Philippines has banned the deployment of newly hired OFWs to Kuwait due to reports of abuses, including the killing of Joanna Demafelis whose body was found inside a freezer in an abandoned apartment unit. —KBK, GMA News