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Beaten and burnt: Myanmar's invisible child servants


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San Kay Khine stares at her burnt, scarred hands, her twisted fingers a reminder of her years as a child slave in Myanmar, one of thousands of young domestic workers feared to be at risk of exploitation and abuse. The 17-year-old was rescued from a tailor's shop in Yangon this month where she and another girl from her village spent five years as housemaids. The pair are among tens of thousands of children from poor rural areas sent to work as domestic helpers for the country's growing pool of wealthier, urban middle-class households.

 

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