Two Filipina domestic workers have appeared in separate
courts to each face a charge of ill-treating or assaulting their young wards.
Ando pleaded not guilty to ill-treatment of her ward in Shatin court |
No details of the case were read out in court.
However, local media have reported that she was accused by her
employer of mixing detergent in the milk of her young ward. The reports said
the mother found a plastic container of powder detergent beside the can of
infant formula that was being fed to the baby.
The second domestic helper, Eden Inabiohan, appeared on Nov
23 before Tuen Mun Magistrate Ivy Chui Yee-mei for an update on her case.
Inabiohan, who is out on bail, has been charged with
assaulting her young ward.
No details of the case were mentioned during the hearing.
Magistrate Chui adjourned the case until Dec 24 at the
request of the prosecution, and extended the helper’s bail. - Vir
B. Lumicao