Hong Kong: Guilty verdict in migrant domestic worker abuse trial a ‘damning indictment’ of authorities’ failure

Headline Title: Hong Kong: Guilty verdict in migrant domestic worker abuse trial 10 February 2015 The guilty verdict against a Hong Kong employer for the extreme abuse she inflicted on two migrant domestic workers must act as a wake-up call for the authorities to stop the widespread exploitation of tens of thousands of women, said Amnesty International.Law Wan-tung was found guilty by the District Court in Hong Kong of multiple counts of abuse against Indonesians Erwiana Sulistyaningsih and Tutik Lestari Ningsih. She was found not guilty of two charges of abuse and threatening behaviour…

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