A Hong Kong mother of two who abused her maids has been jailed for six years in a case which highlighted the widespread abuse of migrant workers across Asia.
Law Wan-tung, 44, was found guilty of 18 of 20 abuse charges including inflicting grievous bodily harm and criminal intimidation against Erwiana Sulistyaningsih and another maid also from Indonesia.
Her mistreatment sparked outrage when photographs of Erwiana were posted online and she was forced to receive hospital treatment in Indonesia.
Heartbreaking. How Indonesian maid Erwiana Sulistyaningsih became a slave in Hong Kong: http://t.co/r9GqtQQFyz pic.twitter.com/1c7iHDH1Zp— Bien Perez (@BienPerez) February 25, 2015
‘I forgive her’: brave words of Hong Kong maid subjected to months of abuse by employer http://t.co/BW3XPltcoL pic.twitter.com/cArCu7vnNx— SCMP News (@SCMP_News) February 10, 2015
Around 30 protesters gathered outside the courtroom for the sentencing calling for #JusticeforErwiana. Among them was Vicky Cas
