Modern Day Slavery under the Guise of Foreign 'Bride'

All the while, Hien’s husband and mother-in-law yelled and beat her for every small infraction, real or imagined. After one month, she couldn’t take the abuse anymore and tried to commit suicide by hanging herself with a cloth. When she came to, she found herself lying out on the balcony, bloodied and bruised all over. That evening, she was allowed into the house to shower and change clothes, and then was banished onto the balcony to spend the night.

After that incident, Hien called the marriage broker who came with an interpreter, but they weren’t willing to intervene. This happened over and over again, with the broker coming and going until one day, the interpreter asked her husband to take her to the doctor. That’s when Hien found out she was five weeks pregnant. But her husband and mother-in-law said they don’t want anymore kids, and made plans for Hien to have an abortion. When she refused, they began to systematically beat her, repeatedly punching and kicking her in the stomach for days on end.

Then Hien was again forced to live on the balcony for 5 straight days. After that, she was made to carry pails of water up the stairs to use for the toilet and to shower. When that still didn’t work, her husband called the broker and said he wanted a divorce. Hien was brought to the police station and signed all the necessary paperwork. But her husband took her home without signing any papers. After 11 days, Hien pressed her husband for an answer and was told that he has paid too much money for her to just up and leave. She asked her mother-in-law and was told the same thing, and received another severe beating for it. Her husband threatened to kill her if she ever left him.

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