Thousands of domestic helpers took to the streets of Hong Kong yesterday to demand justice for an Indonesian maid who was allegedly enslaved and tortured by her employers for eight months. Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, 22, was reportedly left unable to walk following eight months of abuse in the southern Chinese city and was admitted to an Indonesian hospital in critical condition last week after returning home. Details of her torture has sparked widespread anger across Hong Kong, and yesterday a second Indonesian domestic helper came forward to claim that she had suffered similar beatings and death threats at the hands of the same employers in 2010.
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Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, 22, was unable to walk after 8 months of abuse
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5,000 protesters marched in Hong Kong's commercial area of Wanchai
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They claim the case would never go to court without a mass protest
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Now a second maid claims she too was abused by the same employers
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She says boss threatened to throw her off balcony making her beg for life
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