Lebanese prosecutors have reportedly charged a local man with murdering a Filipino maid over a notorious murder in Kuwait.
Nader Essam Assaf, 40, allegedly confessed to the murder of Joanna Demafelis, whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in Kuwait in early February.
The murder is believed to have occurred in late 2016, with Assaf and his Syrian wife fleeing the country shortly after and the maid’s body left for more than a year in a freezer at an apartment where she worked in Salmiya.
The killing became a high-profile case as it coincided with a ban on Filipinos being sent to work in Kuwait by the Duterte government in Manila because of the high incidence of abuse, sexual harassment and a series of deaths there.
Assaf and his Syrian wife Mona Hassoun, who is still at large, were suspects in the killing of Demafelis, 29, whose body had stab wounds on her neck and injuries that suggested she was tortured.
The National News Agency in Lebanon said Assaf is expected to go on trial soon. He faces a possible death sentence.
Officers from Interpol were reportedly involved in the arrest of Assaf in Syria last month prior to him being sent back to his homeland.
Officials from Kuwait and the Philippines have been negotiating a new labor pact to ensure that Filipinos are properly protected. More than a quarter of a million Filipinos work in the small Gulf State.
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Let justice prevail..death penalty this lebanese employer
The suspect criminals is still at large according to this news… So sad.
I hope the Philippines government starts to save all the sex slaves in japan korea singapore too. So sad.
Ilagay din sa freezer na buhay paah para fair ang labanan dapat gaanun
Wow!!! The culprit employers are still atlarged????????????
put them also inside d freezer wile they still alive so that the will experience also of what dimafelis experienced,
I agree! They must suffer exactly the same way. Joanna had cuts in her face and body, they must have the same number of cuts in their skin too.
May juctice prevail on earth…amen.
A very precious Easter gift. Thanks to God and to the Kuwaiti govt.for the fast apprehension of the criminals.Hope this won’t happen again.
They must die in million times too,not enough for them of hanging sentence of death,,,,
Byarn lng yn pamilya ni joana ok nyan gnun lng
Fake news they hide the criminal
I praise our president Duterte for his intervention in this abuse of domestic workers
Ok ka lang? Manood ka naman ng balita kong wala kang alam. Siguro ikaw bayaran ok na sayo wag mo idamay ang iba.
Angeldhel Fantilanan ok ka rin ba.di ba anjan ka s kuwait my btas sila na pwd mgbyad danyos s pmilya ng nmtay haler! My pera sila ky nila mgbyad khit ilang milyon pa hingiin ng pmilya ni joana haler!
Sharlaigne Leo sa kuwait oo kaya nla mgbayad..kaso pag ayaw mgpabayad ang pamilya wala po sila mggwa….dahil ang buhay ay walang katumbas na kahit anong halaga.
Felma Perdido DE Guzman yon kung ayw ng pmilya nya mgpbyad eh pno kung my isa na tumutol.krmihan nmn s atin nkukukha sa byd eh.hlimbwa 50 milyon ibyad s pmilya nya imposible hindi nila tnggapin yon s hirp ba nmn ng buhy no.
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Syrian wife Mona Hassoun, who IS STILL AT LARGE.
Officers from Interpol were reportedly involved in the ARREST of Assaf in Syria last month prior to him being sent back to his homeland.
Asawa na babae lang ang still at large..nahuli na yung lalaki at dinala na sa lebanon.
Theres a lot of news that they are already dead.death penalty.I thought but they still alive haissst..fàje news..
dapat sa kuwait gawin ang death penalty kasi sa kuwait nangyari ang krimen,
please stop sending household services worker ever and permanently here in Kuwait. Even you have a mutual aggreement or MOU between kuwait and philippines there has nothing to do…stop100× sending
Buhay Ang inutang Buhay din Ang kabayaran…..Kung paano syang pinatay dapat ganun din Ang Gawin SA mga hayop na criminal…..Fair enough
Hindi pwede Yung asawa lang na lalaki ang Mahuli kailangan pati rin Yung babae..dalawa silang gumawa ng krimen. ..Kaya dapat sila pareho magdusa ….
So sad dapat ganyan din gawin sa employer nya! Justice for her.
Put in freezer until they die
Wag ng magpadala ng dh sa arab world
Kelan pa mangyayari ang maparusahan mga bwisit na yan dapat ilagay din sa freezer mga yan kasama frozen baboy