‘Tortured’ Indonesia maid’s employer guilty
By AFP
10 February 2015 |
3:23 am
A HONG Kong woman was on Tuesday found guilty of severely abusing her Indonesian maid, in a case that dominated headlines and sparked international outrage. "You are remanded in custody," Judge Amanda Woodcock told Law Wan-tung, after announcing to a packed courthouse that the 44-year-old had been found guilty of 18 of the 20 charges…
A HONG Kong woman was on Tuesday found guilty of severely abusing her Indonesian maid, in a case that dominated headlines and sparked international outrage.
“You are remanded in custody,” Judge Amanda Woodcock told Law Wan-tung, after announcing to a packed courthouse that the 44-year-old had been found guilty of 18 of the 20 charges laid against her.
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