INQUIRER.net: Hong Kong couple jailed for ‘inhumane’ abuse of Indonesian maid

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Hong Kong couple jailed for 'inhumane' abuse of Indonesian maid Sep 18th 2013, 23:40 HONG KONG—A Hong Kong couple were jailed Wednesday for a shocking string of attacks on their Indonesian domestic helper, including burning her with an iron and beating her with a bike chain.   Tai Chi-wai, 42, and his 41-year-old wife, Catherine Au, subjected their former maid Kartika Puspitasari to a two-year campaign of violence and humiliation, labeled "cruel" and "inhumane" by the trial judge.   The 30-year-old was also assaulted with clothes hangers and a paper cutter.   Protesters outside court Wednesday held a placard dubbing the couple "Mr. and Mrs. Evil" and called the city to "End the social exclusion of foreign domestic workers in Hong Ko... Keep on reading: Hong Kong couple jailed for ‘inhumane’ abuse of Indonesian maid Media files: hk-maid-abuse.jpg (image/jpeg)

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