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.