Pinay files rape complaint vs employer

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THE Philippine Consulate is assisting a 28-year-old Filipino domestic helper who filed a rape complaint at the Western Police Station against her Indian employer.

Sources from the consulate told Hong Kong News they sought the Hong Kong Immigration Department’s help to extend the visa of the complainant.

The source added the ImmD allowed the Filipina to stay in Hong Kong for two more weeks.

One of the sources said the Filipina started working for the employer only on July 16.

The man’s wife and children were allegedly overseas when the rape incidents took place.

Another source said the Filipina arrived in Hong Kong in March 2015 and was previously employed by another family.

After the alleged rape incidents, it took the Filipina a week to report them to the police.

The police are still investigating the complaint.

In March this year, another Filipina also filed a rape complaint against her Korean employer.

A PCG official said that after they sent the complainant’s affidavit to the police, the Filipina, however, decided to leave Hong Kong and go home to the Philippines instead of pursuing her complaint.

“We asked her to sign a waiver because we explained to her what her action would mean, but she no longer wanted to pursue her complaint,” the PCG official said.

In May, a High Court judge sentenced a construction worker from Togo to nine years in prison after he was found guilty of raping his Filipino domestic helper in his home in Tuen Mun in 2015.

Justice Esther Toh Lye-ping sentenced 37-year-old Kokou Afla Apelete to nine years in prison for the offense of rape, and four years for indecent assault, but said the prison terms would be served concurrently.

She also ordered Apelete to pay $48,120 to his victim for her loss of income.