Filipino Maids Flee Kuwait After Domestic Worker Killed

Local media reported that 114 Filipino maids had left Kuwait in less than four days following the brutal killing of a 35-year-old Filipino domestic worker.

A tragic incident has prompted the Philippine government to suspend Kuwait's foreign recruitment agencies' accreditation.

In the Philippines, the Ministry of Migrant Labour has announced that Kuwaiti recruitment offices will be added to the blacklist, making Filipino workers unable to work in Kuwait.

A 35-year-old Filipina housemaid was allegedly murdered by a teenager after being sexually assaulted. Burned and with a smashed head, the victim's body was found on Salmi Road.

Within 24 hours of receiving reports of the discovery, the Ministry of Interior launched an investigation. A 17-year-old Kuwaiti suspect was accused of raping and killing the housemaid, burning her body, and leaving it on the side of the road.

During the autopsy, it was revealed that the victim was pregnant, with samples matching the suspect's. Sponsors reported that the victim had absconded.

The Kuwaiti Public Prosecution has taken legal action against the young man, who allegedly admitted to committing the crime.

Kuwait's government allowed the body to be released and shipped back to the Philippines.

The victim, who had four children arrived in Kuwait in July 2022 and worked as a household service worker for a family in Jahra. According to her death certificate from Kuwait Ministry of Health, Forensic Department, she suffered fractures to her skull, face, lower jaw, and brain, resulting in her death.

 

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