Indonesian Domestic Workers Allegedly Abused by Moroccan Notary Couple

Article19 writes on this subject: "The case broke out when the husband contacted the general intelligence services to inform them of the termination of the domestic worker’s employment contract so that she could return to her country before the police noticed ’traces of abuse’ on her."

Furthermore, according to the same media: "the police eventually learned that the notary’s wife was trying to send the domestic worker back to her country after she had abused her." However, other media based on a statement from the DGSN claim that it was the domestic worker and the wife, not the husband, who were rather trying to regularize the employee’s situation.

In any case, the investigation revealed the existence of abuse on three other domestic workers. Article19 states "a psychological crisis" that the notary’s wife would be suffering from. It even seems, according to the same source, that she had in the past sent another domestic worker to prison, fabricating from scratch sufficient elements to incriminate her.

The wife would have been placed in custody pending the results of the investigation, particularly regarding the seriousness of the violence suffered by the domestic workers. Sister-in-law of a very well-known artist, the latter would have tried to have her released by using the weight of his influence, according to Alyaoum24. But his attempts failed.