Two Filipinos were arrested on the weekend for allegedly helping compatriot domestic workers run away from their employers’ homes in Kuwait.
On Sunday morning, Kuwaiti police arrested two Filipino men in the parking lot of the Kuwait International Airport. The police also seized their cars, Federal News Radio reported.
The two men admitted that they had persuaded fellow Filipinos working as maids to leave their employers’ home. It is uncertain what law the men were accused of breaking, but the incident occurred amid tension between the Kuwaiti and Philippine governments.
The arrests came after the Kuwaiti government summoned the Philippine ambassador over comments he made that were reported on local media, Arab Times reported.
Ambassador Renato Villa had been quoted as saying the Philippine Embassy moved in to help abused domestic workers if Kuwaiti authorities failed to respond to a complaint within 24 hours.
National Assembly Speaker Marzouf Al-Ghanim said the actions taken by the embassy were in violation of international law, “particularly the Vienna Convention.”
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May alam pa silang violation hmn…open your eyes n see mote violation by law
naglagay sila ng prize tapos kung mah open tayo.llumalabas ganoon parin an prize..he promo..he..he.
Life for us as a Filipino is precious that’s why we’re saving life.
Kamoteng geneva convention Yan. Bawal tumulong sa mga inaabuso?
Kuwaiti’s abusing human rights…
They only knows their rights but the rights of others they don’t know which is lead to misunderstanding…
Their country their laws, Duterte should know, he preach and practices the same…goes to show the people who brilliantly spearheaded the rescue was not brilliant at all..
kuwaitis heart are like stones…they think they bought slaves in the ukay-ukay…we are humans same us yours…be kind pls.
The arrested Filipinos should be help otherwise they will suffer a lot we all know how they treated prisoner this should be known by the our government official especially our President Duterte
Pag nerescue nyo to magalet nman mga arabo hulihin man kayo dami na tayo problema
Ano un.ganun…masama bang tumulong sa kpwa pilipino na halos patayin na ng amo…grabe nman cla…pilipino may puso para sa kpwa nila Pilipino lalo n sa oras ng kgipitan…at dapat alam ng mga Kuwaiti kung pano mag respeto …tulad ng respeto ng mga Pilipino sa knila..kpag Pilipino nagkasala kulong at kaso agad…pero cla kpagnagkasala absuelto…Hindi patas ang batas nila…
Para sa ting mga OFW Pilipino… Wala kc clang GMRC… Kya sana po mtulungan na mga Pilipino na inaabuso …Godbless po…