"Families of 2 Pinay OFWs who died in Saudi Arabia seek help from gov’t,"

The families of two Filipina Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) asked help from the government to uncover the events that led to their deaths in Saudi Arabia, Mark Salazar reported Monday on 24 Oras...

Jelyn Arguzon was deployed to Saudi Arabia on June 16 but after a week, she told her husband that she was experiencing maltreatment from her employers...

Jelyn’s family went to the recruitment agency after they could no longer contact her since June 28...

Leaniz Palcone, president of Insana Int’l Placement Agency, said when they called the employer, they said Jelyn was fine and that she will return to the office.

But Senate Committee on Migrant Workers chairman Senator Raffy Tulfo was not satisfied with Palcone’s answer and reprimanded them for not reaching out to the Philippine Embassy and Saudi authorities...

Meanwhile, the family of Roilyn Sayson last talked to her on July 15.

According to her husband, Sayson was always locked inside a room.

Sayson was reported dead on July 16 due to “natural death”, which her family does not believe.

The licenses of the recruitment agencies of the two OFWs were suspended...