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‘I saw myself as a sex slave.’ CNN speaks with survivors of alleged abuse at halal food company

By Vina Salazar, Teele Rebane and Isaac Yee, CNN

Published 5:50 AM EST, Mon February 3, 2025

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'I saw myself as a sex slave.' CNN speaks with survivors of alleged abuse at halal food company

Last September, Malaysian police rescued more than 600 children from a group which publicly operated as a global halal food company. CNN spoke with more than a dozen former survivors to learn how they were treated.

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