The Department of Migrant Workers said that it will be discussing with Hong Kong authorities the case of an overseas Filipino worker or OFW who fell to her death while cleaning the windows of her employer’s apartment.
“Hindi siya under sa criminal law ng Hong Kong but again we will pursue all legal avenues,” DMW Secretary Susan Toots Ople said in a GMA News report.
“Kakausapin ko rin ang aking counterpart, si Minister Sun ng Hong Kong, just to express our concern para sabihin din na hindi na dapat ito mangyari kasi malinaw naman na prohibited act ito,” she said.
The OFW reportedly fell from the 18th floor of their apartment’s building.
“Dinala siya sa ospital pero unfortunately, she didn’t make it no, and kausap ko yung kapatid niya kanina, si Jayson, we are arranging na makalipad yung kapatid as the representative of the family to Hong Kong,” Ople said.
Hong Kong has prohibited window cleaning for domestic helpers in 2017.
“Dapat may grills yung bintana at hindi dapat nakalabas yung katawan ng worker kundi hanggang kamay lang. Pwede sanang hindi nangyari kung nasunod lang yung terms and conditions ng kontrata niya,” Ople said.
The DMW said that the employer will still be held responsible even if the latter said that she was asleep at that moment.
