A 26-year-old Indonesian domestic worker was detained for police investigation after her employer accused her of mixing bleach into a drink in Tuen Mun, in Hong Kong’s New Territories, on Sunday.
At around 1am, a 42-year-old woman who lives in an apartment in the Beaulieu Peninsula residential complex in So Kwun Wat told police she had detected bleach in a cup of green tea, Oriental Daily reported.
The woman had asked the domestic worker to make her a cup of green tea but after a sip, she suspected bleach had been added.
Police arrested the domestic worker on suspicion of administering poison with intent to injure.
The complainant reported that she felt unwell and was sent to a hospital for treatment.
It was understood that the domestic worker had been working for the family for three months and was in a bad relationship with the alleged victim.
Officers from the Tuen Mun Police District crime squad were investigating the case.
In May, an Indonesian domestic worker was accused of putting urine in her employer’s water bottle, also in Tuen Mun. However, charges against her were dropped by the prosecutor in mid-August as no urine was found in the water after laboratory testing.
On August 14, a Filipino domestic worker was arrested in Fo Tan in the New Territories for allegedly bathing a six-month-old baby with a mixture of bleach and shower gel.
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if they want to terminate the helper, terminate properly not accusing anything… in the situation that they are not in good terms, what does it means? Workers Have a very high patience. a good employer will not have problems with the helper.
what if the water has a strong clorine.. and still working that time already 1 am
What its already 1 am ,you wake up your helper just to make you a cup of tea,then you accuse her of puting bleach,,you are ensaine…
1am how come you waje up uour helper.also probably from the water safety tank that just been clean up.and you acussing her immidietely my god.1am
They need to examine the tea if it is true!!
Aside from the case, then we found out that some helpers are still on duty at 1:00 in the morning..?
Isn’t that considered an abuse??
Labor should ask also the employer..1am how come the helper still working??
Insane????
If you are a good employer you should let your helper to sleep at that time,you wake her up in the middle of the night just to make your green tea,por pabor you can make it by yourself.considering that your helper worked all day long… consideration pls to all employerse
1am ask the helper to make a cup of tea?
asking for a tea at 1am is abusing your right as the employer…please do consider the helper’s health madam.
at 1am ???…she’s still working?
That’s a excused if they want to terminate her do in a right way. At 1 am only cup of years she can’t make for her self. Come on abusive employer . Helper should have 8 hours sleep treat your helper good and they double . But if you treat them in human there’s tendency that they will treat you bad if the are already had enough . Do good to others and return 2x to you
kaya nga 1am still working e bat di man lng quinestion ng police n bakit sa ganong oras yung helper still working at that time. nd patas ang law dto kulong agad c inday kaloka