Hong Kong: A Hong Kong woman who allegedly tortured her Indonesian domestic helper in a case which sparked international concern is facing new charges relating to unpaid wages and owed holidays, a court heard Tuesday.
Law Wan-tung, a 44-year-old mother-of-two, was arrested in January for seriously wounding Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, her former domestic helper. (Hong Kong police interview 'tortured' Indonesian maid)
Sulistyaningsih said she suffered months of severe abuse in a high-profile case which has renewed worries over the treatment of domestic helpers in the southern Chinese city and sparked angry protests.
Twenty-five new summonses were read out during a hearing Tuesday at which a presiding magistrate agreed with prosecutors that the case should be transferred to a higher court.
The case was adjourned until May 20. Law remained silent throughout except when she told the magistrate she understood the new charges.
Prosecutors have said she turned household items such as a mop, a ruler and a clothes hanger into "weapons" against her maids.
Law Wan-tung, a 44-year-old mother-of-two, was arrested in January for seriously wounding Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, her former domestic helper. (Hong Kong police interview 'tortured' Indonesian maid)
Sulistyaningsih said she suffered months of severe abuse in a high-profile case which has renewed worries over the treatment of domestic helpers in the southern Chinese city and sparked angry protests.
Twenty-five new summonses were read out during a hearing Tuesday at which a presiding magistrate agreed with prosecutors that the case should be transferred to a higher court.
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The case was adjourned until May 20. Law remained silent throughout except when she told the magistrate she understood the new charges.
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Prosecutors have said she turned household items such as a mop, a ruler and a clothes hanger into "weapons" against her maids.
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