A 29-year-old Filipino maid working in Hong Kong, who was arrested and charged with child abuse, has been released on bail and is preparing to file a case of unjust termination against her employer.
Michelle M Legion denied she hit a four-year-boy in her care at an apartment on Ma Sik Road in Sheung Shui in the New Territories on May 31, sunwebhk.com reported.
Legion was detained at Shueng Shui Police Station for 26 hours, put in a cell and told not to call her friends. She had been employed by the family for two years and five months and was accused of hitting the boy on his back and bottom, but denied she was responsible for the boy’s injuries.
Legion said she told police to review CCTV footage in her employers’ home as she alleged there were cameras everywhere in the house. She said the two officers who arrested her could not question her because they could not speak English and there was no Filipino interpreter available.
Legion, who has sought shelter at the Filipino Workers’ Resource Center in Sheung Wan after her release in bail, sought assistance from the Philippines Consulate on June 3 and files a report about the incident.
She was told she would be helped to file a claim for unjust termination against her employer. An embassy official said the fact that Legion was allowed to post bail indicated the complaint filed by the employer against her needed further investigation.
She is required to return to the Sheung Shui Police Station on June 22 to see if she has been charged.
for info those POLICE WITH RED IN THEIR SHOULDER ARE ENGLISH SPEAKERS but those with out can’t,
so theres no human right in HONGKONG ONLY FOR LOCAL THEN DONT HIRE FORIEGN WORKER,GET A ROBOT
Traidor! Befriended may binabalak pala na masama yan napala mo magdusa ka sa maitim na kagagawan mo
Ah yun pala…
Bkit d marunong mag english?? Magaling nga mag english alaga ko dyan dati sa north point..dapat isa yan kasali sa training nila ang mag salita english…ayan nganga tuloy…
thanks for the info u pass to us..i never know that…helpful!
nabasa mo na nga kabayan yong statement, Cannot Speak English yong 2,Police.
not fair;(
Clarification lng mga sis hindi yung police ndi marunong mag english yung kababayan ntin kasi ang sabi la daw interpreter n pinoy …dba?
Fight kabayan!
God bless
Thanks for that info!
thanks very helpful information
If that helper really didn’t do it after CCTV check she can file n request the hk government a compensate, because she was locked up n has not been question in an understandable circumstance,besides during her employer.
they need to learn..because english is the universal language..my god kht bata marunong e…
Yung 2 police po ang d marunong mag English ma’am "the two officers who arrested her could not question her becouse they could not speak English"
Not all..of them.can speak English,
hahahaha..lalo mo pinakomplikado sis..tama si #rowenapdesamito
Not all…
Federica Alvarado how come????
Imposible! The two police officer cannot speak English? Why? Only two police officer assign in shueng shui police station? Unbelievable dude!
I think you should also file a case against the police station that represents that officers.because they dont know their job in arresting the third party involve.just my opinion.
So…if they can’t speak english,why were they arrested her in the first place?they should know how to explained to her the context of arresting her.they cannot just arrest people without explaining the do’s and dont as to why people being arrested
Hahaha basahing maigi bgo mkibahagi.ayan tuloy para ka na ring dalawang pulis na di marunong.
These issue regarding the imployee’s working hours should and must be address as soon because we knew that most if not all employers are making their employee do impossible thing like this.
Joy Bonilla Demapanes I really don’t know exactly what you are responding at, perhaps you better ask that to those who knows more about this case, your comment has nothing to do with my comment, sorry,
Why don’t you read again the whole article so you would know the real story.
Question, why if it’s Filipino helpers involved the names and age were mentioned… while when it’s Chinese people everything were on dim light? Isn’t it unfair?
thanks for the info.