Locsin wants head of employer’s wife who allegedly killed OFW in Kuwait

Kuwait Ambassador to Manila Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh meets with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodor Locsin Jr. in Manila. Photo posted by @teddyboylocsin Twitter account

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has demanded justice to be served for an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was allegedly murdered by her employer’s wife in Kuwait.

“The friendship between your country which gives our people the jobs they cannot find at home and our people whose faithful service makes the life of your people easier depends on justice being done the murdered maid. An eye for an eye, a life for a life,” Locsin told Kuwait Ambassador to Manila Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh during their meeting on Tuesday.

“In short. She bashed her head. So I want the head of the employer’s wife who murdered their Filipina maid,” Locsin, later on, said in a tweet.

The foreign affairs chief also vowed to go after the Filipino recruiters and government officials for putting the slain Filipina “in harm’s way.”

“I beg you to give her justice. We will go after the Filipino recruiters and government officials who put her in harm’s way, “ Locsin further told the Kuwaiti ambassador.

In February 2018, the Philippines imposed a total deployment ban on Kuwait after authorities found inside a freezer the body of domestic helper Joanna Demafelis, who was killed by her employers.

The ban was lifted three months later after Manila and Kuwait signed an agreement on the protection of overseas Filipino workers.

The employer of Demafilis was later found guilty of murder.

In May 2018, another OFW died in the hands of her employer.

Ma. Constancia Dayag, 47, was reportedly found with her body covered in bruises and with a “cucumber” inside her private part. She was rushed to the Al Sabah Hospital in Kuwait but was declared dead on arrival.

Edited by JPV