Maid fined HK$500 for false claim of rape

An Indonesian domestic helper was convicted in Kwun Tong Court yesterday for falsely reporting she had been raped by two men. On Wednesday, the then employer of Sumyana, 23, found her lying in the sitting room with both hands tied up. Sumyana told police she had been raped, but there was no sign anyone had entered the flat. She eventually admitted she had made the story up because her boss kept falsely accusing her of stealing. She had not wanted to resign because she would have had to pay compensation. Sumyana was fined HK$500.