Hong Kong domestic helper sues ex-employer for secretly filming her in the shower, demands apology
- The Indonesian woman found a black digital camera in the bathroom and reported it to police
- The ex-employer was convicted and jailed last year, but the woman now demands he compensate her for loss of income
An Indonesian domestic helper has sued her former Hong Kong employer for damages and demanded a written apology after he was jailed for secretly filming her in her shower.
In a writ filed to the District Court, Siti Rahayu accused Sin Man-yau, 62, of sexual harassment and of breaching the Sex Discrimination Ordinance for recording her at her workplace, his Tseung Kwan O flat.
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A police report was made and Sin was arrested the following day, on February 25, 2017.
Investigators later found Sin had installed the camera and made at least 20 video recordings for his personal enjoyment of his helper dressing, undressing and using the shower in his bathroom.
Sin was jailed for four months by the Kwun Tong Court in March 2018, following his guilty plea to one count of accessing a computer with dishonest intent.
He paid his former helper HK$19,604.51 in a settlement on March 21, 2017. But Rahayu has alleged that she lost HK$105,840 worth of potential income since the incident.
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Minus the settlement, Rahayu has demanded HK$86,235.49 and further compensation for emotional injury.
She has demanded Sin provide a written apology and formally state that there are no other images of her in his possession.
The first hearing is scheduled on April 30.
