Republika Online identified the two Indonesians who were working at the school canteen as Siti Hartati Madwiharjo, 23, from Kebumen, Central Java, and Rosidah, 38, from Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara.
Siti Hartati started working there on Jan 31 while Rosidah had been working since March 5, 2016.
The case came to the attention of the police when an Indonesian, Fajar Santodi, lodged a report on Feb 19 at the Ampang Jaya police station.
“The victims cried and asked me for help as they were not allowed out by their employers. One was kept for two years and the other, three weeks.
“Both of them were locked in the kitchen after they finished work in the canteen,” the portal reported Fajar as saying.
The two Indonesian women, he said, worked from 3am to 7pm and were locked in a room with steel bars and closed windows.
Officers from the Ampang Jaya district police headquarters went immediately to the location and found the women as reported by the witness. The employer and the two Indonesian citizens were brought to the police headquarters, the report said.
Both victims were taken to the hospital for a medical examination.
The employer has been in custody for four days. The two Indonesians are believed to be victims of human trafficking and have been placed in a protection centre.
This follows the death of Indonesian domestic worker Adelina Lisao in Penang earlier this month after she was allegedly abused by her employer.
Malaysians were shocked by the case, in which Adelina was forced to sleep outside with a dog.
She is believed to have been physically abused, and died after being admitted to the hospital.
Her 60-year-old employer has been charged with murder while in Indonesia, two people have been arrested on human trafficking charges for allegedly using fake documents to send her abroad.
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