MANILA, Philippines — A distressed overseas Filipino worker in Kuwait has been repatriated to the Philippines after winning her case against a Kuwaiti policeman who raped her eight years ago.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Department of Labor and Employment said Marites Torijano went home in the Philippines last Nov. 29 after spending eight years at the Migrant Workers and Other Filipino Resource Center while awaiting the outcome of her complaint.
Labor Attach Nasser Mustafa said Torijano was repatriated along with 76 wards of the half-way house via Kuwait Airways.
Mustafa said Torijano was deployed to Kuwait by Zontar Ma…
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