Beating the dead horse

On January 6, 2013, Ma Le, a worker of a carpet factory in Mae Tao, came to PVA and claimed that she was a victim of rape, beating and unfairly fired by the factory owner, his wife and their family. According to her, Ma Le had been working the same factory for 2 years without any problem. On January 5 at 12 midnight the factory owner sneaked into her bed and tried to rape her. Meantime, all her roommates woke up and saw the scene. At that point, he said that he was just trying to hide away from his drunken friends, and he had no ill intention against her. However, her roommates, who knew the boss as a womanizer, had discussed and decided to quit the factory on January 6. The boss still apologized for his mistake and begged the women not to quit. later, the boss’s wife who found out the incident came to the factory and cursed all the female workers by threatening. then, the boss’s wife, daughters and their neighbors began to beat and kick Ma Le. and, that was the reason she came to PVA and asked for help. PVA, which understood that violation of worker’s rights was a criminal offense, had taken Ma Le to the lawyers group helping for worker’s rights called LLC for further legal action.

From January 18, 2013