A 39-year-old Filipino maid was fined HK$800 (US$103) on Friday after she was convicted in a Hong Kong court on a theft charge for eating her employer’s meatballs worth HK$100.
In January, Mildred Nilo Ladia was charged with two counts of theft. She was accused of stealing an agnès b brand handbag and two leather slippers on January 11 last year. Ladia was also accused of eating meatballs between March 28 and April 10 in her employer’s Repulse Bay home.
In May last year, barrister Gekko Lan Suet-ying, the maid’s then employer, had deducted HK$100 from Ladia’s statutory salary of HK$4,210.
On Friday, the prosecutor dropped the first charge as Lan, who was in hospital, failed to be appear as a witness in the Eastern Magistrates’ Court, Apple Daily reported. Ladia, who came Hong Kong in August 2015 and had previously worked in Singapore, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, admitted the second charge, but pleaded in exchange for a lighter penalty.
The magistrate fined the maid HK$800, instead of sending her to jail, because Ladia has to financially support her family in the Philippines, Sing Tao Daily reported.
those employers were so rich and just the meatballs they sue their maid how unkind and inhuman for them to do that? why can’t they just tell her to replace it? But by bringing it to court just shows what kind of people they are those kinds of employers should be banned getting helpers and let’s see how they clean their big house God has a punishment to them riches can become ashes in a second if god will give them the punishment they deserve!
Crazy bitch…thats just be coz some food.then just dont hiring a domestic helper u stupid idiot.jeeeezzzz…banned from hiring is the rigt thing
Jacqueline coplaten we read the article right. It is clear that the other charges were dropped! The meatballs were financially compensated with HK$100
Working for almost 17 to18 hours a day is very stressful specially if no snacks and not enough food for every meal. Be considerate and learn to give food.
Crazy! Ask your employer to give you your food allowance so that u can buy what food u want….
Chris Koch stilling of leather sleepers were not proven
this is too much..many employers here can’t even provide a healthy meal for their helpers…many of us(helpers) eat leftovers,,they can hire helper but cannot provide the said meal allowance w/c is 1000+hkd…where is that food allowance?indomi,bread and leftovers for 1,000+hkd allowance?that’s absorber..it breaks my heart and made me angry,,,for just meatballs?how can they charged her 800hkd?how expensive that meatball。….·
Ntawa nmn aq te.. An sakit s face nun.. Well nkkainit tlg ng ulo ung gnyang mga tao..
Damot naman ng employer na yan… magnanakaw ba ang maid nya kung sapat ang pag kain na ibinibigay nya? Haist…
Grabeng employer yan!grrr
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Grabe naman, meatballs lang mabilanggo ka? Siguro Very Poor ang Employer… � � �
She stole more than meatballs folks.
Tang inang itsik na yan!!! Tabunan ko yan ng meatballs eh!!!
So inconsiderate, it is just meatballs and even deducted from her salary
Employer is right
Employer did right
By this you can see what kind of person this barrister is.
Maybe the employer not giving enough food for her helper?just food you send your helper to jail,and fine her for that matter…horrible.
For those employers like that,better you live alone.
What a f’ckin’ pieces of shit abusive employers she has. Philippines should stop sending Domestic workers in Hongkong ang Middle East. Employers most of the time treat them like a modern slave.
This kind of helper is ridiculous.. so poor to this helper… she found this inhuman employer… there must be someone.. who is willing to donate a meatball for this employer maybe she will get hungry then…. and to be fine 800$ just for a meatball… tsk and what a 100$ meatball … i can give u madam my own recipie tasty yummy and delicious meatball… just being worried u might get hungry… tsk