Senate probes death of 2 OFWs

Two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) died under unknown circumstances in Saudi Arabia, prompting the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to request for autopsies.

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During yesterday's public hearing of the Senate committee on migrant workers, chairman and presiding officer Sen.

Raffy Tulfo said he received complaints from the families of OFWs Jelyn Arguzon and Riolyn Sayson.

In his opening statement, Tulfo said Arguzon’s husband sought help to uncover the true cause of his wife’s death as he was only vaguely told by the agency that the cause of death was unknown.

Tulfo said Arguzon was deployed to Jeddah as a household worker on June 16. The last time she spoke to her husband was on June 27, and she was found dead at her employer’s house on July 19.