HK woman not guilty plea to maid abuse
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A HONG Kong woman pleaded not guilty yesterday to 20 charges of abusing her Indonesian domestic helper in a landmark case, with pictures of her bruised body prompting international outrage at the treatment of maids in the Asian financial center.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has denounced her treatment as torture.
Former beautician Law Wan-tung, 44, arrived at the court in sunglasses, a black hat and a surgical mask, surrounded by four female friends dressed in identical clothing, apparently to deflect attention from the defendant.
Law pleaded not guilty to charges including inflicting grievous bodily harm, criminal intimidation and failing to pay wages. The court ordered a pre-trial review to begin on July 10.
Law is accused of assaulting domestic helper Erwiana Sulistyaningsih and two other maids, also from Indonesia. The charges also include failure to pay her wages.
About 20 domestic helpers and an employer gathered outside the court, holding banners and waving portraits of Erwiana and chanting: “Justice for Erwiana” and “We are not slaves.”
A spokeswoman for the Justice for Erwiana group said: “We will fight all the way.”
Erwiana left Hong Kong in January for Indonesia, where doctors said burns on her body were caused by boiling water.
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