The overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who cried for help on social media over alleged abuse from his colleague and employer has been jailed for posting “unauthorized” videos online.
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa)-Bacolod Focal Person Rizza Joy Moldes said that the OFW, identified as Wilmar Sayson, was arrested for taking an unauthorized video of the person he was taking care of, reported Sunstar.
Moldes said that the specific charges against the OFW has not been confirmed yet and explained that taking unauthorized videos is illegal in the country.
Earlier, Sayson, who works as a caregiver in Saudi, uploaded a series of Facebook Live videos wherein he narrated the maltreatment he went through.
As seen in a video uploaded on September 25, Sayson said that a fellow caregiver would make up stories about him and tell their employer.
The OFW added that his colleague would also physically attack him and that their employer would usually take the latter’s side.
He also said in the video that he was punched by his male employer.
Sayson said in the video that he was fired from his work but his passport was never returned to him and that he did not receive his last salary.
A day after, Sayson posted another video wherein he gave an update about his condition. Speaking in his native dialect, Sayson said that he is in a coffee shop with a fellow Filipino who helped him look for his agency in Saudi Arabia.
On September 29, Sayson posted yet another Facebook Live video saying that he was being arrested by the police.
“Guys, please help me. I was arrested by the police. I don’t know what to do,” Sayson said in Ilonggo.
Sayson’s family in the Philippines said they are aware of his ordeal in Saudi Arabia, but they have not heard anything from him as they suspect that authorities took his phone.
The OFW’s mother is asking OWWA to help her son return safely to the Philippines.
