TEARFULLY, Umi Rofiatul Jannah related the sad story of her migration to Macao. Two years ago the 24-year-old from Jember, East Java, left for the administrative city in China with high hopes: saving money as capital for a food stall and building a house of her own.

Her agent, PT Surya Pacific Jaya (SPJ), promised the mother of two a salary of up to Rp3 million a month as a domestic servant in Taiwan. Umi was lured by two field officers of PT Su