The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday said the committee looking into reports of Filipina migrant workers being sexually exploited by Philippine diplomatic officials in the Middle East is expanding its inquiry to include Saudi Arabia.

The probe originally covered only Kuwait, Jordan and Syria, but Undersecretary for Labor Relations and Social Dialogue Rebecca Chato said she has received reports of a similar incident in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital.

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