[iateanapple]

> They have zero avenue for support when they face abuse whether physical, sexual or emotional.

That is not true at all. Singapore is a country of law and order.

> visas in places like these ask you to leave immediately if you get quit or fired from a job.

They have been invited to a country as a temporary worker to do a specific job.

Saying you have to go home if you get fired is not inhuman.

I have worked offshore and had my contract canceled - it sucks but it’s not inhuman.

[arp242]

Well, this story doesn't strike me as a shining example of "law and order" working.

I think you underestimate the psychological effect of constantly being treated as a disposable guest worker; there's a difference between that and working off-shore or being an expat treated as an equal. As I mentioned in my other reply[1] it is a "good deal" for many Indonesians in a way, but it comes at a price, a price which strikes me as quite needless as well.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24563416