Many foreign women working as maids in Singapore endure harsh working conditions as well as severe abuse such as physical and sexual violence, a human rights group said in a report Tuesday. The analysis by U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said at least 147 migrant domestic workers have died in Singapore from workplace accidents or suicide since 1999. Singapore said the report was grossly exaggerated.
See "Rights Group: Singapore Maids Suffer Abuse", Assocaited Press, The New York Times, December 5, 2005