Police in Kuwait are investigating whether an employer and his wife were responsible for the death of a Filipina domestic worker who was found to have severe bruising when she died in hospital on January 25.
Amy Capulong Santiago, 33, was pronounced dead on arrival after she was taken to Farwaniya Hospital by her male employer at 10:15 pm, Arab Times reported. The man was arrested and his wife then went voluntarily to Abdullah Al Mubarak Police Station.
Kuwait’s Directorate General of Criminal Evidence said that old and fresh bruises were found on Santiago’s body, mostly on her back. Police are trying to determine whether she died from being beaten.
The incident came as the Philippines government begins to enforce a ban on employment of Filipino workers in Kuwait that was declared on January 19 because of concerns over the rising number of abuse cases and deaths.
President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to pull all Filipino workers out of Kuwait and impose a permanent ban on deployments in the country if another Filipina is raped or dies.
Duterte met on Wednesday with the Kuwaiti Ambassador to the Philippines, Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh, to talk about the situation with Filipinos, ABS-CBN News reported.
TAKE NOTE HINDI KUWAITI ANG PUMATAY KAY JOANA Syrian at Lebanes
jst to make it clear pero Kuwait govt. parin dapat.managot nyan dahil nasa country nla
Parang wala ka ata sa inyong tamang pag iisip, ang mali ay di dapat sulosyunan ng isang pag kakamali, dapat ikaw muna ma tokhang papanaw ng adik yang sinasabi mo eh.
Brod hindi maitatama ang mali ng isa pang pagkakamali kung gagawin natin yan ano ngaun ang pagkakaiba natin sa mga kuwaiti mas masaho l pa tayo sa kanila pag ginawa natin yan gusto mo. Saka mai abalik pa ba natin ang mga namatay nating kababayan kapag ginawa natin yan. Diba hindi lalo lang lalala ang sitwasyon. Tama lang ang presedente dapat ng tuldukan ang pagpapadala ng ofw sa kuwait.
Romeo Albarracin gago k putang ina m k…pnapauwi n kau n tatay digong pag me nangyare sau dyan hihingi k rin ng tulong s gobyerno tarantado ka..hndi m alam snasabi m pinoy k hndi k kuwaiti ugok ka
Dads Pajo tarantado k bka ikaw ang wla sa sarili m bugok ka..pag isa s pamilya m ang nrape dyan s kuwait bka msabi m tsamba gago k…pnapauwi n kau n tatay digong..kung mtigas ulo m at nkatsamba k n mbait yang mga amo m eh magpaiwan knlang dyan..dhil ako ay nsa matinong isip gago k seaman akk..bka ikaw wlang phsyco kya ikaw ang tuyo n utak dhil s init ng luga dyan tarantado
Hindi naman lahat Kuwaiti ang gumagawa ng crimen sa mga pinay dito Kuwait dahil lahat lahi andito, problema lang dahil hindi ibang lahi ang kumuha/gumagawa ng document para kukuha ng pinay jn sa Pinas.kaya KUWAITI ang mapagbintangan sa lahat ng nangyari na hindi naman lahat Kuwaiti ang gumawa, kaya now dahil omargabyo na ang ating PRESIDENTE kumilos ang Kuwaiti government para linisin ang kanilang reputasyon.
Huwag nmn walang kasalanan ang manga Kuwaiti na nanjan sa atin tao din ang manga yan ang pinagkaiba lang natin ay lahi kung ang diyos nakapagpapatawad tayo pa kaya diyos na ang maghusga sa manga Kuwaiting gumawa ng hindi maganda sa ating manga kababayan .
Mali ay Hindi masusulosyonan Ng Isa pang pagkakamali.
For me, what theyve done to the housemaid should be done to them also… As what in ur QURAN said , Kill the non believers and infidels… soo there for i conclude.. u deserve to suffer and die in a HORRIBLE WAYS… i wish i will do that for them.
I know i have some friends arabs but they kind to me.. they deserved my respect as what they are and who they are..
But sad to say, some of them are Stupid, Immoral, No Manners, Un-educated and Un-ethical PEOPLE.. those kind of people are deserves to DIE. By SHOOT THERE HEADS 100times, CUT THERE BODIES IN TO PIECES OR FEED THEM IN LIONS AND HYNAS. I WILL LOVE TO DO THAT JUST FOR THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE..
Ramon Miranda kung bkit kc may ganyang klase ng pag iisip ng tao,lahat naman tayo may Diyos na sinasamba,bakit sa kanila kaya,hindi o walang tinuturong bawal manakit ng kapwa,kahit nga alagang aso,aso na yun pero bawal pa ring saktan,haayst,nkalungkot,nkakagalit,nkakagigil,mixmix na,kawawang mga dh d
Hintayin nyo pang dadami ang mamamatay na kababayan natin.may mga iba pa naman country na maaplayan pra mgwork hindi lng kuwait.alam nyo na ngang salbahe sila.gusto nyo pa rin.oo hindi lahat salbahe pero di ba kayo nasasaktan at galit sa ginagawa nila sa mga kababayan natin.
Ban na lahat para magkaalaman gaano kahalaga ang pinoy…..marami pa nmang iba. ok na medyo magutom keysa patayin ka naman
I just don’t understand why filipina women still wants to work as DH in Arab countries even if it’s very risky. It’s life or death for a few dollars. There’s a lot who needs helpers in the Philippines.
Sana nga pauwiin nila lahat ng pinoy jan sa kuwait,para naman mabigyan ng leksyon yan cla,
Kawawa naman yung mga ofw natin
This is too much inhuman cruelty by the Kuwaiti employers of the OFWs DHs that treated our Pinays workers as their slaves. OFWs are human beings and as their employees, they deserve respect and dignity. Now, I wish that Kuwait was not liberated from the hands of Saddam Hussain so they should learn to to respect other human with dignity. We support DU30 in his decision to ban OFWs from working in Kuwait.
Ramon Miranda pag third world ba,binibigyan n sila ng.karapatang abusuhin tayo?ok.lng n patayin dahil napabilang tayo sa 3rd world country?
Matitigas din mga ulo, akala puro dlrs lang, eh iba kultura dun. There’s stl no place like home, being with your loved ones no matter what.
Tama. Dont revenge vengeance is mine said the Lord. Dont repay evil to evil. Repay good.
Halimaw talaga karamihan na mga kuwaiti dpat sainio ipalapa s mga Leon mga bwisit
Dapat patayin din ang mga employer na mga salbaje sa mga fil.ofw..unfair noh?..bakit?..basta nlng cla mamtay ng mga pinoy?..dapat unahan kong mamatay ka n mn lng..unahan mo na..patayin cla kong mamatay ka mn lng..
Kuwait is a living Hell on the planet