HK jails woman for abusing RI maid

HK jails woman for abusing RI maid

HONG KONG (AFP): A Hong Kong housewife was sentenced to three and half years jail on Tuesday for violently and "cold-bloodedly" repeatedly assaulting her Indonesian maid.

In sentencing, Judge Law said the actions of defendant Leung Yee-Kwan, 28, were "outrageous and cold-blooded" as well as "premeditated with malice".

The court was told that over several months Leung assaulted Rusmini Gunung leading in October to a ruptured liver and a fractured rib. Gunung later collapsed on a train and was taken to hospital.

Leung visited Gunung in hospital and threatened that if she informed the authorities about her beating, her children in Indonesia would be killed.