Erwiana's boss 'apologised to previous maid for assaulting her'
Police officer tells trial of Erwiana's employer that the defendant said sorry to one of her three alleged victims, who chose not to pursue case
A boss accused of abusing three Indonesian domestic helpers, including Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, apologised to one of the women after police were contacted over an alleged assault, the District Court heard yesterday.
Giving evidence against Law Wan-tung, police constable Lam Wing-suet told the court she saw the defendant apologise to the maid, Nurhasanah, at Law's flat in Tai Kok Tsui in 2011.
Law denies charges of assault and criminal intimidation on Nurhasanah, as well as eight further assault and intimidation charges related to Erwiana and Tutik Lestari Ningsih. She also denies 10 counts of failing to pay the three, but admitted one charge of failing to buy insurance.
The court earlier heard that Law had twisted Nurhasanah's right wrist on December 4, 2011, four months after she began work. The helper fled to the Indonesian consulate hours later, and the matter was reported to police.
Lam visited the scene with Nurhasanah to investigate, and identified communication problems and disagreements over work as the cause of the row.
"[Nurhasanah's] right hand was grabbed by her employer … once," Lam recalled. "That was the complaint."
