“Filipino maid jailed in HK”
This year 2011, a news report was reported by the South China Morning Post about a Philippine maid abusing a child under her care. Last January 12, 2011 at 6:52pm Gina Marisse Abellanes Asto, 38, a Filipino citizen, was sentenced to four months in prison for assaulting a 4-month-old baby. The maid was caught by the installed video surveillance camera by her employer. On that video it is seen that she shook the boy in September and jammed a towel in his mouth. She claimed that she had done that incident to soak up milk and to stop the boy choking but she was convicted Tuesday of willful assault causing injury to a child.
FACTUAL RECOUNT
“Filipino maid jailed in HK”
January 12, 2011, 6:52pm
HONG KONG (DPA) – A Hong Kong court sentenced a Philippine maid to four months in prison for assaulting a 4-month-old baby in her care, a news report said Wednesday.
Gina Marisse Abellanes Asto was caught on a video surveillance camera installed by her employer as she shook the boy in September and jammed a towel in his mouth, the South China Morning Post said.
The 38-year-old claimed she had done so to soak up milk and stop the boy choking but she was convicted Tuesday of willful assault causing injury to a child.
PERSONAL RECOUNT
“I was assaulted by our maid”
Even when I was 3 years old my mom and dad I can already feel the love of my parents for me; they buy me all the things that I want, provided everything that I need, took me to places that I want to see and the even gave me my own nanny. There were two of them, they were both kind to me; they always comb my hair, play with me and take care of me. But the other left because she has an illness and she said that she wants to go back to her province and so I only have one nanny. One time in the morning, both my parents left the house and left me with my nanny at first both of us are having fun but I was surprised when