A 37-year-old Filipina who pleaded guilty to one count of preventing the lawful burial of a body last year was handed a 12-month jail sentence by a District Court on Thursday.
On March 21, 2015, the defendant – Aileen Ongcoy Grado – a foreign domestic helper, gave birth to a baby son alone at her employer’s home in Sham Tseng, Tuen Mun. The baby cried for only a few minutes and showed no signs of life thereafter, she said, according to the Oriental Daily. The newspaper’s report said she tried to resuscitate him but her efforts were in vain.
Grado then panicked and wrapped the dead body in clothes and plastic and abandoned it at a toilet in a shopping mall on Castle Peak Road the following day.
On April 4, 2015, Grado surrendered herself to the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong, HK01.com reported.
Her defence lawyer pleaded that Grado’s boyfriend, who was the biological father of the deceased son, disappeared shortly after her pregnancy. She decided to keep the baby but disclosed its existence to no-one as she feared losing her job.
She is also a single mother of an eight-year-old daughter and sent HK$2,000 (US$257) a month to support her family in the Philippines.
Judge Kwok Wai-kin said during the sentencing that all humans deserve a proper burial and it was insulting to treat the child’s body as waste. A heavy sentence that serves as a deterrent would thus be applicable in this case.
sana binuhay mo nlang total single mother ka nman di girl and boy na sana anak mo bka swerte mo pa sana dapat pinanindigan mo nlang atleast wala kang asawang mangsisi sa pagkakamali mo kong iniwan ka ng bf mo so what kaya mong buhayin yan at sa susunod mag ingat use contraceptive especially those nsa abroad na may bf na dimo alam ang tunay na pagkatao ang bf
Next time ingat na lang mga kabayan take contraception para walang problema
Bakit ang daming mapaghusga d2 akla nyu malinis kayu sa sarili ninyu noh mga bwset, magpaghusga kau sa kapwa na parang wla rin kayung kasalan, kung mabuntis d2 eh malandi nah, dapat ipagdasal nalng cya kac kababayan natn cya, kawawa lng ung bata namatay rest in peace BABY.
peace po sa lahat…hnd nga nya pinatay..
pero..inalagaan ba nya noong ipinagbubuntis nya?diyos na ang huhusga sa kanya…
Kung talagang gusto neang patayin ang anak nea dapat nung una pa lang nagpa-Abort na xa.peru dahil mei konsenxa sa dinala nea ang baby nea sa loob ng siyam na buwan kea wala sa intenxon nea na mawala ang baby nea.at isa pa sinurender nea ang sarili nea.Ang pagkakamali lang nea ai ung pagtapon nea sa sarili neang anak.At un ang masakit kea xa Nahusgahan agad..nakakaawa lang kase ung baby..
anuman ang reason mo bakit naaawa mo un sa baby…Diyos na ang bahala sa u….may rest in peace sa baby mo and she’s/he’s in heaven …sana lang inisip mo bago ka nagpakasarap….
I don’t think the baby had died after a few minutes of his birth. She ain’t a medical personnel so as to discern whether the baby was indeed lifeless before she wrapped the poor angel with cloth and plastic. Baka nga yun mismo ikinamatay ng baby, suffocation. The kababayan has all the desire to get rid of her baby afterall.
Kung ayaw mabuntis, wag magpapatabi. Ang mga lalaki ngayon karamihan mga lahing gremlin. Naging single mother na sa Pilipinas, hinayaan pang maulit muli ang pagkakamali. Wala kang kadala dala, ineng. Now, you didn’t just lost the chance to work and earn a living but also you received the consequences of your misdeed.
Tama..Hindi siya pwedng iterminate otherwise magbabayad Ang amo niya..May Asawa man siya or o Wala..:-)
Kawawa naman ang ANGEL….sana nag ask na lang siya ng help sa amo niya…para man lang mailibing ng maayos ung bata..ay ka SAD.
Ang hirap sa ating kapwa ofw, ang Dali nyong manghosga sa kapwa, para namang ang linis nyo, alam naman nya na Mali ginawa nya, kaya nga sya sumorinder dibah! Basa basa din kc ng maigi,,
Malay if sinadya nyang mamatay ang bebe
Dont just judge read the article properly b4 give comments pls.
I felt sorry for the baby…kasi Mali din nmn nang mother niya bakit nagsarli syang umanak magisa at without knowledge sa pagrerevive nang bb.tlgang mamaty ang bata…wala pang medical support jusko,ano ba yan bakit kasi pumunta lang dito sa hk at magkantot di ba tlga naiiwasn yan?napipigilan yan kung may respito ka sa sarili mo… ����trbho ang pinunta natin dito.
Ang bata buhay pa nung paglabas kaso few minutes nga lang daw,nirevive niya ang anak niya yun nga lang wala na tlga…sa mga ganyan na sitwasyon sya lang nagpaanak sa sarili niya ehhh tlgang mamatay ang bata..
D nya cguro alam rules dito once n mabuntis k d k pwede iterminate otherwise mkakasuhan ang amo .you can still work pero dpat inform Mo ss amo pagdating ng due date Mo bibigyan k ng vacation for 2 months pero ang bayad sayo ay 3/4 lang ata ng salary Mo then pwede kp bumalik s amo Mo.kya mga kababayan before magwork s bansa alamin muna mga rules at rights Mo para d maging kawawa at d natatakot.