Erwiana to return to Hong Kong to assist in assault case against former employer

Erwiana to undergo medical examination ahead of prosecution of her ex-employer

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Published: 6:45pm, 3 Apr 2014Updated: 12:11pm, 4 Apr 2014

Indonesian maid Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, 23, is wheeled out of hospital after being discharged from hospital on February 5. Photo: AFP

Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, the domestic helper allegedly abused by her employer, will return to Hong Kong next week to help with evidence for the woman's trial.

"According to Erwiana's lawyer in Indonesia, Hong Kong police asked Erwiana to return for a medical examination in Hong Kong.

She will be here from April 7 to April 13," said Eni Lestari, spokeswoman for the Justice for Erwiana and All Migrant Domestic Workers Committee.

Ramon Bultron of the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants said Erwiana might take part in events next week planned by rights groups.

Erwiana's former employer, Law Wan-tung, 44, first appeared in court in January. She was charged with causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, common assault, and four counts of criminal intimidation against three domestic helpers.

The case was due to resume last week but was adjourned to April 29. Prosecutor Rosaline Leung asked for the delay in Kwun Tong Court because she said she was waiting for "full medical reports and full pathologist's reports on all alleged victims to be sent from Indonesia".