PH domestic worker in HK wins abuse case

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 23, 2022 11:12 am

(UPDATE) A HONG KONG judge has ruled the police had 'prematurely curtailed' their investigation of a Philippine domestic worker being exploited by her employer, a biting assessment of the city's failure to protect victims of human trafficking.

The landmark ruling marks a rare victory for migrant worker activists, who have long argued that the city's 340,000 domestic workers — mostly women from the Philippines and Indonesia — are acutely vulnerable to various forms of abuse and exploitation.

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(UPDATE) A HONG KONG judge has ruled the police had 'prematurely curtailed' their investigation of a Philippine domestic worker being exploited by her employer, a biting assessment of the city's failure to protect victims of human trafficking.

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