Hong Kong employer gets suspended jail sentence for assaulting Filipino domestic helper

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A 65-year-old retired teacher was given a suspended jail sentence after assaulting a Filipino domestic helper in Hong Kong.

In a report from South China Morning Post, Chow Ching-yee pleaded guilty earlier this month to a count of common assault on Ruby Funa Caman, and was sentenced to four weeks imprisonment and suspended for 18 months by acting Principal Magistrate David Cheung Chi-wai in the Sha in Court on Monday morning.

The court said Caman started working for Chow and her husband at the couple’s flat in Villa Esplanada in Tsing Yi in December last year, the report added. The retired teacher also tried to grab the helper’s smartphone after the latter filmed the assault, causing Caman to sustain a 2cm scratch mark on her right forearm and redness on her right shoulder.

“Defense counsel said in mitigation the offence was out of character, adding the employer was suffering from depression and was mentally drained from taking care of her ill husband,” SCMP report added.

 

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