The Filipino was found covered in blood at his employer's house at 10 Big Wave Road |
A 30-year-old Filipino who slashed his throat with a
meat cleaver on Friday, Aug. 4, is on his way to recovery and will likely go
home soon.
This was bared today, Sunday, by welfare attaché Dina
Daquigan of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, when asked for an update on the case.
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Daquigan also confirmed that the Filipino who worked as a gardener in the Shek-O home of one of Hong
Kong’s business moguls, tried to kill himself because of a lot of
problems, but did not specify exactly what these were.
The Filipino, with the initials J.C., is Ilocano and
is married to a fellow domestic worker in Hong Kong with whom he has a son.
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According to a Filipina who also works in the Shek-O
area, J.C. escaped serious injury because he was discovered by a co-worker shortly after he hurt himself.
“Ok na daw
siya. Tatahiin na lang ang sugat. Buti daw at walang ugat na natamaan,”
said the Filipina. (He’s said to be ok. His wound would just be stitched up.
Luckily no artery was severed).
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The police earlier said they received a call at
9:43am on August 4 from the co-worker who saw J.C. covered with blood as he lay on his bed in their
employer’s estate at No 10 Big Wave Bay Road, Shek-O.
Officers who arrived at the scene found him
half-conscious, and immediately rushed him to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern
Hospital in Chai Wan for treatment.
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Video footage taken by a local media company showed J.C. bathed in blood, but with a wound that looked superficial as he was taken to the hospital on a stretcher.
A police report classified the case as suspected suicide, although no suicide note was found at the scene.