A female Indonesian worker was awarded HK$868,607 (USD$110,628) in compensation for abuse suffered in Hong Kong.

Kartika Puspitasari was the victim of abuse while she worked in Hong Kong a decade ago.

She said: "I left my 1-month-old child, then I went to Hong Kong."

She was burned with an iron and beaten with a bicycle chain, leaving physical and mental trauma. The worker was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The worker talked about her experience in Hong Kong: "I didn't have anything there until I was given food three times a week or came twice a week and even that was food was like food from the hospital."

Her former employer was convicted and jailed in 2013 after being found guilty of committing two years of violence against Puspitasari.

She returned to Indonesia in 2014 without any wages.

On February 10, 2023, a judge ruled that Puspitasari had been treated inhumanely and awarded her a compensation of HK$868,607.

According to reports, of Hong Kong's estimated 340,000 migrant domestic workers most are women from Indonesia and the Philippines.

It was finally decided that a former female worker (TKW) on behalf of Kartika Puspitasari who was a victim of torture by employers in Hong Kong was finally adjudged to be entitled to compensation of HK$868,607 (around Rp.1.67 billion) on Friday (10/2/2023).

The 40-year-old woman's abuse has made headlines over the past decade and sparked protests over the treatment of domestic workers in Hong Kong.

Her former employer was convicted and jailed in 2013 after being found guilty of committing two years of violence against Kartika.

While working, Kartika Puspitasari was burned with an iron and beaten with a bicycle chain, leaving physical and mental trauma.

His abuse only came to light after he sought consular protection, and he was finally able to return to Indonesia in 2014 without receiving a salary.

As reported by AFP, on Friday, a judge ruled that Kartika Puspitasari had been treated inhumanely and awarded her a compensation of 868,607 Hong Kong dollars.

At her home in Padang City, West Sumatra, Puspitasari was seen crying when she received the news via video call.

"I'm lost for words for all your kindness," he said, thanking his lawyer and friends.

Eni Lestari, spokesperson for the Asian Migrant Coordinating Agency in Hong Kong, said that Kartika Puspitasari's case was extreme, but not isolated.

At least it is recorded that there are around 340,000 migrant domestic workers working in Hong Kong. Most are women from Indonesia and the Philippines.

Rights groups have long argued that Hong Kong's system leaves domestic workers vulnerable to exploitation, with some unable to escape hostile workplaces because of the requirement that they live with their employers. "Most of the victims cannot afford to seek compensation in Hong Kong, especially after their visas expire at the end of their contracts," the activists said,

£91,368.34
$110,628.79

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For the first time, I went to Hong Kong, how much was 2,000? I kept forgetting because of the economy, because I was in the position of having a child who was still a baby, I left my 1-month-old child, then I went to Hong Kong, after going to Hong Kong, I arrived in Hong Kong, I was picked up by Ejen, after how many days at the agent just picked up by the employer, the first three months they were still good, right? like the Hong Kong ID card passport clothes, everything was thrown away so I didn't have anything there until I was given food three times a week or came twice a week and even that was food eee what is food from the hospital like that After that they didn't allow me to work to look after children, what is the work contract like? Yes, bicycle chains are like that almost every day, not almost. It's like that every day. If he cooks, I sit in the kitchen, like that, with my feet and legs tied, right? clothes so I just wear plastic clothes to cover my body Even though I do it almost every day because I was the one who made the most from childhood he wanted to take me because I tried to fight for the first time to fight escape right but because I was closed in the toilet in the bathroom there because he cut my hair all the way out, I didn't want to do that, right? I mean, let me cut it myself, but he forced him to cut it. He had a lot of devils. he wanted to kill me like that but I dodged so he was hit in the same arm in the right and left stomach and then pummeled That's awkward. Actually, I ran away. It's been 2 years and 3 months that I ran away. I didn't take anything with me, only I had clothes that my employer gave me, what's the name? here the smoke from the small car if there says it's so that it feels like asking the driver for help I asked to go up but I don't have money like that and usually where I want to go I don't know where the road is going, the important thing is I'm safe first then I'll tell you with the driver I like the boss, that's how they finally took me to a place that was safe, so after that I took me down the road to the park looking for people like that. Thank God, I met an Indonesian who was on holiday, he didn't know where to go, so on. Please help me miss I was crying, right? I needed my own because he wanted to take me to the police station. I don't have a passport there I was taken to the police station again because I had to report there if an Indonesian person was tortured like that. After finishing crime, do I still go to court to report financial problems because I don't have aspirations but I don't know why because I don't have a Dr, I just sleep there waiting for trial, I haven't been briefed or anything like that, so I don't know anything it was stated in court that it was reported that I failed because I thought I was lying, so it's impossible for me to work without being paid, right? In the end, I lost my decision because no one else helped me. That's how he worked for years, he didn't get anything, so I brought as much money as Git u I just brought money from work friends who gave donations to me, that's how it ended in 2015 from an organization called mission they tried to try from Hong Kong to find my house to continue my rights like that because they felt sorry for me for 2 years 3 I didn't get paid for a month and then I didn't get paid. Finally I was taken to Hong Kong again with them to pick me up. I took the files 3 cri. It was complicated. from the court to be served again to the court again Thank God today I still declare win and get one, 28 how many earlier