Abused Hong Kong maid Erwiana graduates, fights for rights of domestic helpers

YOGYAKARTA - She was once the face of abused maids in Hong Kong - imprisoned, starved and beaten so badly she lost control of her bodily functions.

But four years after her horrific ordeal made global headlines, Indonesian Erwiana Sulistyaningsih is a university graduate and fighting for the rights of domestic helpers in the southern Chinese city and beyond.

Erwiana completed a degree in economics this month - the culmination of a dream that brought her to Hong Kong in 2013 before her life was turned upside down.

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