A 34-year-old Filipina domestic worker was found not guilty by a Hong Kong court last week of intimidation and assault on a young ward she was employed to look after.
The defendant attended a trial at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Court last Thursday charged with one count of indecent assault, two counts of common assault and three counts of criminal intimidation, according to a statement on the Judiciary’s website.
According to a report on Monday published by Next Magazine, the defendant was employed by a Hong Kong family earlier this year to take care of the working parents’ nine-year-old daughter.
Her employer complained that the domestic worker had failed to do her duty from the third day after she arrived. She also found that the maid had moved a surveillance camera several times.
She decided to terminate the domestic worker’s contract, but asked her to work until March 9.
In Hong Kong, employers must give one month’s notice of termination of a domestic worker’s contract, but most employers tend to request that a fired domestic worker leaves immediately, along with compensation of one month’s salary.
On March 10, the employer’s daughter, who was identified as Y to protect her identity, told her parents that she had been maltreated by the defendant.
The girl claimed that the domestic worker had touched her private parts on February 26 and asked her to climb over the balcony. She said the domestic worker asked her not to tell her mother and threatened her by pointing at a meat cleaver in the kitchen.
Y said she also felt intimidated by the domestic worker, who twisted her arms and said something in Tagalog that she couldn’t understand. The girl later visited the doctor and was told her muscles were injured.
The girl said she had kept quiet before the domestic worker left as she was worried about her personal safety.
The employer claimed she did not call the police immediately as she did not want her daughter to go through the legal process. Two weeks later, she reported the case to the police as her daughter had nightmares about the defendant murdering her family and friends.
Last Thursday, the defendant was found not guilty on all charges by the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Court.
Counter charge kabayan!
Dpat ma block ang employer n yan n mag hire ng kahit anong lahi ng magtanda
balikan mo ng kaso salaula yang ganyang mga amo
jusmio bata,p sinungaling na.. laban kbyan counter charge mo.. mga among ganito dapt blocklisted n….lalo n my alagang mala demonyang mag isip
Gumawa sila ng storya against the filipina.
Ang bata pa magaling magsinungaling
Dapat hnd na payagan ng gov.hk na kukuha siya ulit ng katulong ..kawawa naman ang katulong f ganyan mga amo.
Wow the here in hk so equal even for Us as migrant workers ????????
counter charge kabayan for moral defamation and intimidation,verbal abuse and accuse without proper evidence is a crime,may maga2ling na lawyer d2 sa hk na hindi bias,dont be afraid para d kawa2 kung kabyan din ang pa2lit sau at ga2win din yan
Mga anak pa ng chikwa ubod ng sinungaling. Halo’s lahat na nga sila tadtad ng camera ang bahay may kapal paring mukhang magbintang Kong ano ano
Mag sampa ka ng kaso sa kanila.. pwede yan kabayan..patulong ka sa helper for domestic helper..
Akala ng nagmamagaling na amo, mauuto nya ang batas,,heyy..abusive employer, the court is not as dumb as you. They just don’t listen to one side, they can investigate and dig even the deeper truth, so that the accused will be set free…pahamak kang employer ka, better look after your kid, and manage the household tasks by yourself, so that no maid will get into trouble again with you.
Haayy..bangungot nga naman..nalagay sa kapahamakan si Kabayan.balikan mo yan,sampahan mo din
anong nightmare ? Ang sabihin nyo may mga SALTIK AT TRILILING yung mga employer na yan!!!
paranoid employer,I think her daughter telling a lie.
Counter charge ka sis ipablock mo na rin yang ganyang amo ng dna makakuha ng katulong…..
I think counter charge is good for this case so that employer must think reasonably before they do such act.
Icounter charge mo moral damages yan
me mental stress ang Bata,dapat ung Mother nya mag alaga
Oo kabayan mag counter charge ka
Grabe ka sinungaling yung ibang bata dito, tingnan mo kung ano ano na lng binibintang sa helper , nkulong ng walang kasalanan, buti na labg God is good all the time.
Employers who like to fabricate Stories MUST UNDERGO psychological test Bago pwede maka Apply ng new HELPER. And must Undergo Training kung Sino Ang pipirma. DAPAT ISULONG TO Natin mga Kababayan here in HK. Dami natin organizations here.
Kabayan ganun Ang parents kaya Ang bunga is Ganun din. Ano pa nga ba.