Letters flung from condo save slaves

Letters flung from condo save slaves

MALAYSIA: Two "SOS" letters flung from a high-rise Malaysian
condominium helped save two Indonesian and five Thai women after
weeks of being sex slaves, news reports said on Sunday.

The first letter was thrown from the apartment on Friday night
while a second was found in the wee hours of Saturday, The Sunday
Star said.

The letters, written by Indonesians Nova Aliani, 22, and
Suryadani, 20, alleged that they had been lured into
prostitution. The woman also appealed for either a rope so they
could escape from the apartment or for the police to be alerted.

An unnamed condo resident who found the letters handed them to
the condo's security guards who alerted the police, The Sunday
Times said.

Police stormed the apartment in Desa Petaling, a Kuala Lumpur
suburb, early on Saturday and rescued the seven women, aged 20 to
34, the Star added. An initial investigation indicated that one
of the Thai victims had been held captive for more than a year.