A Facebook post about an Indonesian domestic worker – taking selfies with a friend at a shopping mall in Chai Wan on Hong Kong Island during working hours – has gone viral on social media recently.
On Wednesday afternoon, Ricky Wong Sze-chin, a former member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), uploaded a video and photos about the maid and her friend on his Facebook account.
According to his post, the maid was supposed to be taking care of an old woman, who was seen shaking on her wheelchair. Worried that the old lady could be feeling cold, Wong suggested to the domestic worker that she take the old lady home, instead of spending time taking selfies.
But the maid replied to Wong in Cantonese that the old woman’s condition was normal. “She is always shaking like this. Why did you scold me?” the maid said, adding that she had not left the old woman alone or unsafe.
The video had been viewed 1.8 million times and shared more than 15,000 times as of noon on Friday.
Netizens had different views about the incident. Some criticized the maid for neglecting the old woman and taking selfies with her friend during working hours.
But others slammed Wong for wrongly assuming that the old woman, who could have Parkinson’s disease – which causes patients to shake –was feeling cold.
Some netizens said Wong had opened a “public trial” against the maids by posting their pictures on Facebook.
I am agree with you for this.
These people get sick when they saw the helper trying to be happy just by taking selfie
Nahhhhh Baca tuh
Yang GA ngerti inggris silahkan di Google translite
Ternyata nenek nya Wes buyuten. Ojo main hujat, wog hongkong kok yo kepo kepo Karo pembantune uwong, wog lanag pisan seg nyocot. Hadehhh
Busy body guy
That why altough you are hongkong people noneed to enter up ..domestik busines if they r not your maid
what would u expect?�� not all of them (HK people) but "MOST" of them judge quickly domestic helper w/out asking first what’s really happening�
Hypocracy is
Babae ka pala, madam.. my mistake
Rammoyan Malinang , Sir, YOU THE MAID kinda harsh.. know the truth rather than jumping into conclusion.. righteous one!
Lesson to be learned here is never trust or hire a Muslim maid
Sue this chinese guy for defamation
I find that some of the chinese hk keep eyeing on domestic helper like us..too busy body��..
Judemental,those employer r people hv n trust n should nt hire helper..I think if this man hv a helper he is full of presumptions that lead him of treating his helper unfairly bec of mistrust..
And that is not his business anyway, why should he take a video instead of asking her about the old woman if he really concern about her situation or condition. Why he must take a video in uploading them in Facebook. he make a big big mistake respect also the helper and don’t judge if you don’t know
Ricky Wong Sze-chin, is a former member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), he should knows better about the laws of HK included Personal Data Privacy Ordinance. His attitudes doesn’t show that he is a person with education background. His attitudes show discrimination against domestic helper. What if it is happened to Chinese helper, I don’t think that he will even care about the elderly conditions. Shame on you Ricky Wong,…
Ricky Wong Sze-chin, is a former member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), he should knows better about the laws in HK included Personal Data Privacy Ordinance, but his attitudes is shows that he has no education and more on discrimination against domestic helper. If it is happened to Chinese helper I don’t think he will be interested in making video and post it in public. Shame on you Ricky Wong,…
most Indonesians were hired to work here for elderly cuz they could speAk Cantonese very well , but elderly usually don’t feel good most of the time, so their off days are not fix, some are bringing the elderly along with them just to have their day off not minding about how troublesome having an off days with someone to take care at the same time, which is supposed to be her rest day,,,, maybe if that man.has a helper, I’m sure the house has a camera in every corner,,,,,
why not mind his own business?
one of a kind like Mr, Kiaso
don’t comments if you don’t know a story all about