Hong Kong police arrested the employers of a Filipino domestic worker who jumped to her death from a building in Shenzhen on the mainland last month over a suspected conspiracy to defraud case.
On Thursday, the local couple, a 47-year-old man surnamed Gu and a 32-year-old woman surnamed Liu, were arrested in Wanchai, Sing Tao Daily reported. It said they were released on bail but need to report to police in mid-September.
Filipino maid Lorain Asuncion, 28, was employed by the couple living at Island Harbourview in Tai Kok Tsui in Kowloon last October. But the maid had been taken to work on the mainland about five times and stayed around 40 days in Liu’s father’s home in Shenzhen.
Liu’s father came to Hong Kong to visit Liu in July and went back to Shenzhen together with Asuncion, without the couple, on July 22.
On July 24, the maid was found to have “fallen” from the seventh floor of a building in Shenzhen. The employment agency informed Asuncion’s family on the same day.
Police ruled out the matter being a case of human trafficking, but said they suspect the couple gave a false statement to the immigration department, as they claimed that the Filipino maid would only work in Hong Kong, Ming Pao Daily reported.
Hong Kong Employment Agencies Association chairman Cheung Kit-man said domestic workers should only work at a designated address in Hong Kong that the visa and contracted states. The agencies also have a responsibility to remind employers about that regulation.
The Labor Department says if employers make a false statement to the Immigration Department they are liable to prosecuted and could face a fine of up to HK$150,000 (US$17,200) and up to 14 years in jail.
RIP,
Maraming employer ang lumalabag sa batas..kung hindi ka sumunod sa utos ng amo kahit against pa sa law..mawawalan k ng work..dapat itong mga local resident employer..the one who protect us helper from danger pero sila pa ang pahamak..
Should blame all this the employer..because we are not permitted to worked in China.. They force us to bring and treat no good their family
Follow the immigration/employment policies in Hong Kong and also in China. When the employer breaks the policies, this problem has to be taken into action right away, not waiting for this to happen.
Tama kso ang hirap s ibang kapwa pinoy sbhan p tyo hindi nyo alam daw ang funancial need kya jan k mpsubo
konsensya na nila yan. kung anong rason bakit sya nahulog o suicide. dapat imbestigahan din nila ung tatay ng amo nya… something wrong.. makarma.din sila
Lesson learned to those employers not following the rules…they should rotten in jail!
I am not satisfied,they punished for they break the law of hk,but how will they fully convince ofw’s that the poor helper died for suicide,to fully comfort the bereaved families?
Sad,because she’s gone forever..but thank you for those police who took an action to solve this case(the truth must be revile).RIP KABAYAN…