Abusive Erwiana employer will find it tough fending off civil claim, Hong Kong judge says
Indonesian former domestic helper seeks damages over beating by Law Wan-tung, who was jailed for six years in Erwiana Sulistyaningsih case
A Hong Kong employer jailed for torturing Indonesian domestic helper Erwiana Sulistyaningsih would have a difficult time fending off a civil damages claim from another helper whom she assaulted because of her past convictions, a judge said on Monday.
“It is an uphill battle in a sense that she has a conviction,” District Court judge Wong King-wah, who presided over a preliminary hearing of the civil suit, told Law’s counsel on Monday.
Wong said Law had already not been believed by a judge once in the criminal trial, which had a higher threshold in accepting the helper’s evidence than in the current civil case.
“The respondent[Law] has to be more realistic,” he said.