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Will sinkie cops act swiftly like hongkie cops ? or will they allow the torturer to leave, less 'problem' for them ?
i fear..
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/hk-police-arrest-employer-tortured-indonesian-maid
HONG KONG - Police at Hong Kong airport Monday arrested a woman who allegedly tortured two Indonesian domestic helpers, a day after thousands staged a march to call for better migrant worker rights in the city.
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The unnamed woman, a 44-year-old housewife alleged to have beaten domestic helper Erwiana Sulistyaningsih and another maid, was arrested at the city's Chek Lap Kok airport as she attempted to board a flight to Thailand.
"At about 4 o'clock today, Hong Kong police arrested a housewife of age 44. She is believed to be (involved) in connection with Erwiana's case and another abuse on an Indonesian domestic helper in Hong Kong," police officer Chan Wai-man told reporters some five hours after police detained the woman.
"She was trying to leave Hong Kong for Thailand," he added.
Sulistyaningsih, 22, was reportedly abused over a period of eight months while employed by the woman. Media reports said she was unable to walk due to her injuries when she flew home from the southern Chinese city this month.
Her ordeal sparked an outcry among domestic helpers and many locals, renewing concerns about the treatment of maids in the city.
The arrest came as police investigators on Monday travelled to Indonesia to interview the young maid, who is being treated at a hospital in Sragen on Java island.
Over the weekend a second maid came forward saying she was allegedly brutalised by the same employers. Chan said Monday's arrest was based partly on evidence collected from that helper.
He added that the suspect appeared "calm, showing no resistance or emotional fluctuations" when she was intercepted by officers.
Hong Kong employs nearly 300,000 domestic helpers, mainly from Indonesia and the Philippines.
But the latest abuse case has strained relations between the southern Chinese city and Jakarta.
i fear..
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/hk-police-arrest-employer-tortured-indonesian-maid
HONG KONG - Police at Hong Kong airport Monday arrested a woman who allegedly tortured two Indonesian domestic helpers, a day after thousands staged a march to call for better migrant worker rights in the city.
RELATED STORIES
Indonesia maid plans HK return to help torture probe
Thousands of Hong Kong domestic helpers rally for 'tortured' maid
Indonesia wants HK to work harder to resolve abuse of migrant worker
The unnamed woman, a 44-year-old housewife alleged to have beaten domestic helper Erwiana Sulistyaningsih and another maid, was arrested at the city's Chek Lap Kok airport as she attempted to board a flight to Thailand.
"At about 4 o'clock today, Hong Kong police arrested a housewife of age 44. She is believed to be (involved) in connection with Erwiana's case and another abuse on an Indonesian domestic helper in Hong Kong," police officer Chan Wai-man told reporters some five hours after police detained the woman.
"She was trying to leave Hong Kong for Thailand," he added.
Sulistyaningsih, 22, was reportedly abused over a period of eight months while employed by the woman. Media reports said she was unable to walk due to her injuries when she flew home from the southern Chinese city this month.
Her ordeal sparked an outcry among domestic helpers and many locals, renewing concerns about the treatment of maids in the city.
The arrest came as police investigators on Monday travelled to Indonesia to interview the young maid, who is being treated at a hospital in Sragen on Java island.
Over the weekend a second maid came forward saying she was allegedly brutalised by the same employers. Chan said Monday's arrest was based partly on evidence collected from that helper.
He added that the suspect appeared "calm, showing no resistance or emotional fluctuations" when she was intercepted by officers.
Hong Kong employs nearly 300,000 domestic helpers, mainly from Indonesia and the Philippines.
But the latest abuse case has strained relations between the southern Chinese city and Jakarta.
