In a commentary, Han Fook Kwang, The Straits Times Editor-at-Large and senior fellow at RSIS discussed the recent case of maid abuse on Ms Piang Ngaih Don, who came to Singapore in May 2015 as a 22-year-old Myanmarese out of her country for the first time. The bigger tragedy in this case is that there have been many other similar cases over the years, he said – every one of them a red flag that, alas, did not raise the alarm sufficiently for firmer action to be taken. Past cases make clear that current safeguards are inadequate – all the more so in an affluent country that has allowed so many to work here, he added.