A Filipino woman was fined HK$2,000 (US$256) after she “forgot to pay” for HK$390 worth of goods at a supermarket in Hong Kong.
On October 20 last year, Maria Luisa Godoy, 59, a driver who has worked in Hong Kong for 20 years, went to a Wellcome supermarket on Hong Kong Island to buy lunch and personal hygiene goods, reports sunwebhk.com, a news portal for Filipinos in Hong Kong.
Godoy put her purchases in a reusable shopping bag that she had placed in her basket. She said later that while she was at the cashier, her employer sent her a message regarding a driving task.
She said she became nervous and panicked when her employer called her saying she had been looking her. She left the supermarket after paying for only four items totaling HK$94.70. She told the cashier that she was in a rush and would come back to pay for the remaining items.
However, a guard stopped her for failing to pay for the other items in her bag. She allegedly said she had forgotten to pay for them. She was then arrested for theft.
On January 24 at Eastern Courts, Godoy was fined HK$2,000 for theft.
In Hong Kong, the maximum penalty for theft is a jail term of 10 years.
Oh!, sad
Vivian Escartin yes it’s true kahit nga 1 dollar pag d sayo hwag mo kunin kc maliit man o maliit Basta hindi sayo bawal mo kunin. Some said it’s smells fishey nope my boss before She ha dad fishing boat na 5 nangisda 1 am Alisa na yan sa bahay iwanan Lang ang bundle bundle na pera sa bed niya I was shocked then I called her and I told her why do u think I’m greedy for your money? I’m here to work to have money if u do it again I will break break my contract, and she said sorry I don’t have bad intention I forgot to tell u , I want you to deposit that money to HSBC I said how come and u even leave the deposit breakdown slip? Then she come back home and we talked and after that she will leave money in my bed before she will go yon office at 1am and in the morning I will deposit to the bank.
Just do your work in Gods will don’t let devil enterfere in your life mostly about money because money have 2 in fluences bad and good. MAluho ka nga ninakaw mo naman darating din yan sa end na pag bayaran mo kc d yan sayo.
Sunny Tkr yes u are right we have different way Filipinos and Chinese business man 25k usd is small money than what they made on Thier business. Yes they always on their dining table or even normal table they built drawers on it for them to easily put something what they want to put on it and including money.
Kahit saan yan itago kung di pakialaman di mawawala yan.
Hay naku lahat tayo ang lageng ilagay sa isip natin,nandito tayo para magtrabaho o kung ano pa man para sa pamilya,sa pagkakaalam ko kung ordinary lang na chinese ay walang ganiyang kalaking halaga sa bahay,laging sa nasa bangko ang pera nila,pero pag super rich ay may kaha de yero sila,at laging nasa room nila,ang amo di ka kailangan subukan,kung matino siyang amo un lang un.
Hmmmmmmmm….. sounds strange….
At age 60, already worked for 20 years. And got this conviction. Really sad for her. It’s time for her to move back and stay with family which I hope is now must be able to support her at back home.
Pakistan and other rubbish must pack them up and deport them to the place where they came from and never ever let them come back to hk
Wasting the hk govt money rubbish
Nkalimutan o sinadya? Binayaran yong iba eh. Tapos bakit nkalagay na sa reusable bag? Bka nmn gawain na ngayon lng nahuli…just wondering…
Style na bulok????????????