Sisters jailed 7 years for exploiting 6 Indonesian women

Two sisters, Lie Ying Har and Lie Ying Ping, have been sentenced to seven years in jail each for trafficking six Indonesian women for labor exploitation, according to the Teluk Intan sessions court. The sisters, both aged 59 and 56 respectively, withheld the wages and passports of the women, leaving them financially dependent and unable to move freely.

The court found that the sisters had failed to raise reasonable doubt about the prosecution's case and had used the withheld wages as a mechanism of control and coercion over the victims. The women were initially employed as domestic workers but were later forced to work at the sisters' convenience and in toy stores. The victims testified that they feared being scolded or harmed by the sisters if they made mistakes at work and did not know how their wages were calculated and paid.