HONG KONG — An Indonesian maid who won a civil case this week against her former Hong Kong employer for shocking physical abuse said Friday she’s happy with the result but urged the city to do more to help foreign maids. A Hong Kong court ordered Sulistyaningsih’s former employer to pay her nearly 810,000 Hong Kong dollars ($103,500) in damages for the abuse, which occurred over eight months starting in 2013. The employer, mother of two Law Wan-tung, was earlier convicted on assault and other charges, fined and given a six-year prison term. Sulistyaningsih said that since her case she had met with many other foreign maids who were mistreated by the families they work for. Like they weren’t given enough food, they didn’t have holiday.”She urged the Hong Kong authorities to review current policies and practices, saying not enough is being done to protect workers.

Source: National Post December 22, 2017 09:39 UTC