Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III slammed the ‘fake’ and ‘dishonest’ autopsy report of Kuwaiti authorities on the remains of Filipina domestic worker Jeanelyn Villavende.
Bello has expressed his doubts on the credibility of the Kuwaiti forensic doctors who wrote a two-sentence report on the cause of death of Villavende.
Initial reports showed that the Pinay worker died from “acute failure of heart and respiration as a result of shock and multiple injuries in the vascular nervous system”.
“I wrote to NBI (National Bureau of Investigation) to conduct our own autopsy, and I found out na ‘yong autopsy report ng Kuwaiti government ay palpak, sinungaling at walang kwenta,” Bello said in a speech in South Cotabato.
The dishonest report is now pushing Bello to recommend a total deployment ban on household workers headed to Kuwait.
“Wala na tayong ipadadala doon. Mga walang kuwenta ‘yang mga Kuwaiti na ‘yan. Biro mo ‘yong ginawa nila sa ating kababayan. ‘Pag ikuwento ko sa inyo, baka pati [kayo] magwewelga na. Masyado nilang inapi ang ating kababayan,” Bello added.
“We will not allow injustice done to our OFWs. We will see to it that the culprits will answer for their crimes,” he added.
An NBI medical officer told reporters that there is a possibility that Villavende was sexually abused before she was killed.
