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Chris Lau

Indonesian domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih  told the District Court yesterday that her former employer, Law Wan-tung,  told her to "walk properly" in public, despite painful blisters on her feet. 
In her fifth day of testimony against her allegedly abusive former boss, Erwiana said Law had berated her at Law's flat shortly before taking Erwiana to the airport to return to Indonesia. 
"She told me: 'Walk properly. Don't walk like an ill person'," Erwiana told the court, which had previously heard that Law sent the helper back to Indonesia in January. 
Law, 44, stands accused of abusing and failing to pay Erwiana and two other Indonesian domestic helpers.
The court earlier heard that Erwiana had developed painful blisters on her feet towards the end of  last year, as the weather cooled. 
The helper accused Law of forcing her to wrap plastic bags around her feet so that the discharge from the blisters would not dirty the floor.
Erwiana said because of that, her  condition later worsened to  the point  where she was  unable to walk.  In court yesterday, she showed her scarred, discoloured feet. 
But her claims were quickly  challenged by Graham Harris SC,   for Law, who showed the court closed-circuit television footage of Erwiana walking in a normal manner.  
He showed three clips: one with Law and Erwiana in a lift, one with the duo walking through a door of their residential building and one that was taken at the airport.
"Can I put to you that you seem, to us, to be walking normally?" Harris asked.
"I was forced to walk normal," the helper answered.
Yesterday, the court heard new evidence on how the helper got to the airport and passed through  immigration on her last day in Hong Kong.
Before Erwiana went through immigration, the court heard, Law whispered in her ear, threatening to kill her parents. Erwiana said on Tuesday that Law had threatened her parents' lives at least five times.
Because of her injured feet, Erwiana had to be pushed on a trolley to her departure gate by four people she met at the airport, the court heard.
The four, fellow Indonesian domestic helpers, were the first people Erwiana told about her ordeal, the court heard.
Harris asked why she did not tell anyone about the incident as soon as she arrived at the airport. 
Erwiana replied that she was still  frightened by Law's threat to her parents' lives. 
Law, 44, has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of assault and criminal intimidation involving Erwiana and two other Indonesian domestic workers, Tutik Lestari Ningsih  and Nurhasanah.  
On Monday, she also denied 10 counts of failing to pay wages or grant holidays.  But she admitted to  failing to buy insurance.
 The case continues before Judge Amanda Woodcock  on Monday.


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Indonesian helper Erwiana tells court she was forced to hide injuries to feet

Erwiana said that her former employer, Law Wan-tung (above), told her to "walk properly" in public, despite blisters on her feet. Photo: Dickson Lee

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Maid tells court former employer threatened her family and told her to 'walk properly'


Indonesian domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih told the District Court that her former employer, Law Wan-tung, told her to "walk properly" in public, despite painful blisters on her feet.


Indonesian helper Erwiana tells court she was forced to hide injuries to feet

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Maid tells court former employer threatened her family and told her to 'walk properly'