![Hong Kong cases expose shortcomings of gov’t interventions to protect OFWs from debt burden](https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/2023/07/64ba1922dee6c-OFW_debt_intervention.jpeg?resize=644%2C362&crop_strategy=attention)
![Hong Kong cases expose shortcomings of gov’t interventions to protect OFWs from debt burden](https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/2023/07/64ba1922dee6c-OFW_debt_intervention.jpeg?resize=644%2C362&crop_strategy=attention)
Investigative
OFWs are harassed – Jessica got jail time – over loans they’re forced to make to get jobs abroad
![OFWs are harassed – Jessica got jail time – over loans they’re forced to make to get jobs abroad](https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/2023/07/pcij-1-OFW_debt.jpeg?resize=257%2C257&crop_strategy=attention)
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