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(16 Aug 2007) SHOTLIST : AP Television Kuala Lumpur - 19 July 2007 1. Various Ceriyati Dapin (a former maid) and her husband talking on a porch 2. Apartment block where Ceriyati used to work as a maid MALAYSIA FIRE DEPARTMENT 3. Still photo of Ceriyati standing outside an apartment window on a ledge holding onto a makeshift rope AP Television 4. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Ceriyati Dapin, Former Maid: "My boss said that she wanted to go out, she opened the door and hit me on the face and chest. She warned me to finish all of my work that day. I was so scared, there were so many things to do and I was afraid they would not be finished by the end of that day. I felt that my life was threatened, so I decided to run away by going out of the apartment window using a makeshift rope." 5. Exterior of Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 6. Set up shot of Tatang Razak, Counsellor at the Indonesian Embassy 7. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Tatang Razak, Counsellor: "We receive more that one thousand cases every year which have to be followed up and there are another thousand that could not be followed up by the Indonesian Embassy. Most of the cases are related to house maid issues which are the cases of unpaid wages followed by maid abuse and sexual harassment." 8. Close of sign reading "Indonesian Worker Shelter" 9. Various Indonesian workers sitting in shelter 10. Various of laundry at the shelter 11. Female Indonesian workers sitting on floor 12. Various of female workers living, sleeping and eating in a dormitory at the shelter 13. Set up shot of Mariana Bulu (a house maid) 14. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Mariana Bulu, Former Maid: "I worked there for a month, if I made a small mistake they hit and kicked me. She punched me until my hand was broken. They always punched and kicked me, with their bare hands or using a wooden plank." 15. Female workers sitting and talking 16. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Minah, Former Maid: "If we were not being beaten, kicked and abused maybe we would not be here. We are really, really sad because they (the bosses) also insult us all the time. I have tried to work hard, clean the house properly but they never satisfied, they said that we are just lazy. They said that Indonesian people are stupid, extremely stupid, I cannot accept that." 17. Various female workers preparing food at the shelter's kitchen 18. Set up shot of Alex Ong Kian Yen (Country Representative Migrant Care, Malaysia) speaking with Mariana Bulu 19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alex Ong Kian Yen, Country Representative Migrant Care Malaysia: "My main concern is that it has already become a social norm within Malaysian society that the maid is meant to be exploited, that the maid is meant to be the sandbag, to be punched, the maid is meant to be kicked around, the maid is meant to be working long hours. To them this is just another machine or another commodity, not to be treated as a human being." 20. Various 3 women (including a police officer) sitting around a conference table at the Embassy, a maid reporting her case. 21. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Tatang Razak, Counsellor: "We have taken the necessary steps which include continuously urging the Malaysian government to take fair legal action. We have also asked our lawyers to closely assist our workers and take all the necessary legal steps. " 22. Pan left from television to workers watching it at the shelter 23. Workers watching television LEAD IN: The 22-year-old woman from Java island was brought to the Indonesian Embassy after her high-rise getaway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's biggest city. STORYLINE: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...