A Hong Kong woman who went online with allegations that her daughter had been sexually abused by her maid, is now being sued by the domestic worker because police did not investigate her claims due to insufficient evidence.
The woman posted the message on a Facebook group on Saturday, asking people online what she should do next as the maid had filed a claim to the Small Claims Tribunal for compensation. The woman had terminated the maid’s employment contract because of the alleged assault, Sing Tao Daily reported.
The woman claimed she became aware of the incident when her daughter cried and said she suffered pain when bathing. Her daughter was later diagnosed with vaginitis after a medical examination. The woman claimed her daughter told her the maid had interfered with her.
She reported the case to police, but due to insufficient evidence, police did not launch an investigation. After the maid was fired, she filed a claim for compensation with the Small Claims Tribunal.
More than 1,000 people online supported the woman, but some said the diagnosis of vaginitis was not necessarily related to sexual assault and asked why the woman had not taken her daughter to a public hospital for an examination.
Joan Tsui Hiu-tung of the Support Group for Hong Kong Employers said she had not received any complaint from the woman. She advised parents to take their children to a public hospital for a medical examination if they suspect their child had been abused, Apple Daily reported.
Medical staff would inform the police, social welfare department and psychologists if they found any suspicious cases. Barrister Albert Luk said employers should give a one-month payment in lieu of notice when they terminate a maid’s contract, even if they suspected they had done something wrong.
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In this generation in this world . How old is the kid ? Kids now is very advance why don’t you ask or entertogate your kid what happen or bring her/he in hospital for check up. Coz we domestic helper won’t do anything bad. We come here for work for better future of our family.
Minsan nagsinungaling din mga bata dito..kaya di dapat agad paniwalaan..takot lng siguro yan maligo..at e less na ang pagpaligo.
I believe there r loads of gd helpers but we can deny there r evil doing helpers. But frist things frist, if parents do hear their children complain such, they should take them to public hospital n everything will be clear,besides after such thing parents hear from the children they should take few days off n check closely, besides doctor then at least parents can judge before report to the police
Wow Kay limit na money compensation maninira ka PA NG reputasyon ma bad karma ka Idina ay PA anak MO wow great liarmmo
In this incident, the employer act unreasonable and at the same time idiot. Why did she not bring her daugther for medical check up before jumping to the conclusion that the maid had done wrong, stupid.
‘After the maid was fired, she filed a claim for compensation.’ Who filed the claim, from the sentence construction, it appears to be the maid. From the rest of the story, it is the maid’s employer. The writer should make this clear.
In the Philippines and another country with democratic form of government there is one rule with regards to filing criminal cases ,that there is always pressumption of innocence " Innocent unless proven guilty by court" the one who filed a case or claimed of being a victim must see to it that her claim must support by strong evidence or else she or he will be countercharged, and that what happened to the woman here, I’m sure is little ignorant about how things go and maybe too confident that her maid can just easily accept the accusation thrown in her without doing anything to clear her name before the court, I guess this could serve as a strong warning to all employers most of Filipino helpers are educated don’t belittle them when it comes to fighting for their rights.
You mentioned it right sis. Some employers belittle their maids not knowing that they(maids) are much better educated than they are that we are infact force to come here because of higher salary and lack of employment in our country.