PROTEST – Indonesian Maids Rally in Support of Abused Domestic Helper
Today, around 350 Indonesian maids rallied at their consulate in Causeway Bay in support of a fellow domestic helper who grabbed headlines around the world last month.
Between October 2010 and October 2012, Kartika Puspitasari was allegedly beaten with a chain and a shoe, scalded with a hot iron, tied to a chair, had her hair chopped off and was forced to wear a diaper and children’s clothes by her employers.
Tai Chi-wai, 42, and his wife, Catherine Au Yuk-shan, 41, face charges of false imprisonment, assault and inflicting grievous bodily harm.