Maid Abuse Case

A Hong Kong woman who was found guilty of beating and starving her Indonesian maid and keeping her prisoner faces up to seven years in prison when she appears in court for sentencing today.

A Ugandan maid, today, pleaded guilty to torture of a baby, a case that has shocked the country after a video of her abusing the child was made public.

Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault will appear in New York state court next week to brief a judge on the status of settlement talks in the maid's civil case against him.

A 26-year-old Indian woman has alleged that she was raped and abused by her Malaysian employer for more than a year. The woman, identified only as 'S', said she came to Malaysia in 2010 to work as a cashier at a sundry store before she was employed at a pub in Permas Jaya in Johor state.

Another case of a minor employed as domestic help and then abused has come to light. The Gurgaon Police say they have rescued a 16-year-old girl from her employers' Sushant Lok apartment.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the government's plea seeking directions to restrain an Indian domestic help, awarded nearly $1.5 million relief for alleged ill-treatment by an Indian consulate employee in the US, from pursuing her case in a New York court.

A Hong Kong woman who was found guilty of beating and starving her Indonesian maid and keeping her prisoner faces up to seven years in prison when she appears in court for sentencing today.

A Ugandan maid, today, pleaded guilty to torture of a baby, a case that has shocked the country after a video of her abusing the child was made public.

Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault will appear in New York state court next week to brief a judge on the status of settlement talks in the maid's civil case against him.

A 26-year-old Indian woman has alleged that she was raped and abused by her Malaysian employer for more than a year. The woman, identified only as 'S', said she came to Malaysia in 2010 to work as a cashier at a sundry store before she was employed at a pub in Permas Jaya in Johor state.

Another case of a minor employed as domestic help and then abused has come to light. The Gurgaon Police say they have rescued a 16-year-old girl from her employers' Sushant Lok apartment.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the government's plea seeking directions to restrain an Indian domestic help, awarded nearly $1.5 million relief for alleged ill-treatment by an Indian consulate employee in the US, from pursuing her case in a New York court.