A Filipina maid newly employed by a judge has been accused of stealing money from a co-worker at the judge’s villa on The Peak overlooking Hong Kong harbor.
Defendant Canacio Marites Patino, 38, was formerly an employee of Justice Jonathan Harris. She originally faced two counts of theft from the judge’s villa on Mount Kellett Road between January 9 and 12 but the prosecutor dropped a charge of stealing the judge’s wallet in February, Oriental Daily reported.
The Eastern Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday heard that the judge employed two domestic workers, a Filipina named Rosiene Cagalitan Cuento, and an Indonesian known just as Jemini.
Jemini had resigned to go back to Indonesia so the judge hired Patino and she reported for duty in the middle of December last year before Jemini left Hong Kong.
The judge arranged for the three maids to co-work for a short period and they shared the same room.
A few days later, Cuento and Jemini reported to the judge that they lost HK$500 (US$63) and HK$200 in cash. The judge asked them to be careful with their money.
Cuento said that on January 8 an envelope with HK$3,700 cash in it which she had put in her bag disappeared. She told her female employer about the incident.
Then, the judge found he had lost his wallet, containing HK$700 in cash and credit cards.
On January 13, the judge terminated the contract with Patino and listed the missing items on the letter ending her employment. But Patino denied stealing any money. She received her salary, plus a transport fee and moved out of the villa.
After Patino left, Cuento tidied up the defendant’s bed and allegedly found the envelope she originally put in her bag – in Patino’s pillowcase, but with HK$593 missing.
Defense lawyer Shah Mohammed Jawadullah questioned Cuento, alleging that she had framed the defendant. If the judge had fired Patino, then her friend Jemini would have been able to take up the job and work with her again when she returned to Hong Kong, Sing Tao Daily reported, but Cuento denied that.
The trial is due to continue on May 23.
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why don’t you check her beloNgings when she is still there,so you prove that she stole your moNey……
i agree, this really a frame up, cuento only made a story..kabayan mo yan gurl.
Ofel Dy Villon kaya nga di ba….frame up talaga…..nabisto pa tuloy na 700 lang ang laman ng wallet ni judge????????????
Tanga! Taidor ka putang ina mu ! Kababayan mu pa sinira mu!
Alot’s of my friends hv this type of experience. For me if work 2 person together in 1 house,i choose better work alone.
Yes that true,my fellow indonesian lady just the first time she went overseas work as dw.when she reach the employer house there is already hv a maid.the employer really put truson this helper.than the old maid she take the employer ring,gold everything put under the new helper clothing.than this new helper can’t do anything’s because everyone’s figh with her. Than employer send back the new helper to agency’s,she’s get scolded,get punishment no food,no drink.just do cleaning don’t allow to talk anyone’s .really sad.
yan ang mahirap sa karamihan sa ating mga pilipino, kya di bale ng wala akong matawag na kaibigan kesa tatraydorin ako. marami ang tulad niyang malakas ang loob magpahamak sa kapwa.
Kaya nga, say directly na aya ang serbisyo niya. . Tangang judge.
napakawalang hiya mo. naturingan k pa nmam kabayan ikaw p ngpahamak s kapwa mo pilipino gawagawa mo lang yan. d mo ba nausip n kasiraan nang isang pilipino eh damay lahat .pero d bake karma abutin mo kung ginawa mo
yan. .nkalimutan mo babalik di sau kung ano ginawa mo sa kapwa mo
ang sabi . "do not do on to others what you do not want others do on to you"
Hayyy ganyan na ba talaga nambis na tulungan kc magkakabayan nga pero laglagan eh anu napala mo ngayon sa ginawa mo di ikaw pa nag mukhang tanga thanks god ate tess malinis na dn pangalan mo at makaka uwi kana sa family mo te makakasama mo na dn si kuya hnd na xa lagi nag aalala sau good job ate na kahit 1 month ka palang dito sa hongkong bangungut agad pero salamat talaga kay lord hbd ka nia pinabayaan
Totoong nakakahiyang Gawain ng kapwa pilipino,halatang framed up ang ginawa. Napaka tanga nmang magnanakaw un na kukunin ang buong envelop tas kukuha lang ng 500+ at iiwan ang iba, Hindi rin xa marunong na script writer dhil gumawa xa ng Hindi kapani paniwalang kwento, bakit kailangan pang manira ng reputasyon ng iba pra lang makuha ang gusto at nakakahiya nito gagawin mo pa sa kapwa mo pilipino.
Evil ka.ang sama mo kapwa mo i frame up mo karma is coming to you.pagbayaran mo ginawa mo dka na naawa kaya mabuti pa walang kasama.mga may kasama dyan magiingat baka ahas ang kasama mo.
kea nga? at kong ninakaw yan bkt nagtira pa? bkt dpa kinuha lht? nagnakaw narin lng? saka bkt ita2go pa ung subre? sa unan pa? pwede nman sanang itapon? kong sakali man? kalukuhan? halata nman gawa2 lng? dka na naawa sa tao? pesteeee kang babae ka?