အလုပ္ရွင္၏ ႏိွပ္စက္ခံရသည့္ အင္ဒုိနီးရွားအိမ္အကူ
ေဆးစစ္မူခံယူရန္ ေဟာင္ေကာင္သုိ႕ ျပန္သြားမည္ ( Daily Eleven 9.4.2014)
"Tortured' Indonesian maid returns to Hong Kong"
An Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her Hong Kong employer returned to the city on Monday for a medical examination to help the investigation of a case which sparked angry protests.
Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, 23, was whisked through the airport surrounded
by a dozen police officers, as several activists shouted "Justice for
Erwiana!"
The Indonesian consulate said she would undergo a
full medical examination during her visit lasting about a week and stay
in accommodation provided by Indonesian authorities.
"We will
provide full assistance to Erwiana. It is the duty of the consulate of
her own country," said Sam Aryadi, vice consul for public affairs.
Sulistyaningsih was reportedly abused over a period of eight months
while working in Hong Kong and was in critical condition on her return
to Indonesia in January.
One of her doctors there said at the time the mistreatment included having her head smashed repeatedly against a wall.
The case sparked renewed concern, including from Indonesian President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, about the treatment of domestic helpers in
Hong Kong.
Thousands of them took to the streets in January to demand justice for Sulistyaningsih.
Her former employer, 44-year-old Law Wan-tung, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm to Sulistyaningsih.
Law was also charged with common assault and four counts of criminal
intimidation -- charges related either to Sulistyaningsih or to her two
previous Indonesian domestic helpers.
The Asian financial hub
is home to nearly 300,000 maids, mainly from Indonesia and the
Philippines, and criticism from rights groups over their treatment is
growing.
Last September a Hong Kong couple were jailed for
savagely assaulting their Indonesian domestic helper, including burning
her with an iron and hitting her with a bicycle chain.
Amnesty
International in November condemned the "slavery-like" conditions faced
by thousands of Indonesian domestic helpers in Hong Kong and accused
authorities of "inexcusable" inaction.
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