DoLE vows justice for OFW slain in Kuwait
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 08:55:24 +0000
The Department of Labor and Employment vowed to seek justice for an overseas Filipino worker who allegedly died at the hands of her employer in Kuwait.
Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III said he will ask the Kuwaiti government to investigate the death of 47-year-old Constancia Lago Dayag from Agadanan, Isabela.
“I am taking the Kuwaiti government to task for the gruesome death of yet another Filipino in the hands of her employer in Kuwait,” Bello said.
Bello said he has directed the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration and the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Kuwait to track down the foreign and local agencies responsible for Dayag’s deployment.
“Aside from the apparent violation of agreement on the protection of OFWs between our government and Kuwait, there appears to have been a breach of the employment contract by the foreign employer,” he added.
Dayag was taken to the Al Sabah Hospital in Kuwait earlier this week after suffering various contusions and hematoma, with a “cucumber” inside her private part.
“Initial reports reaching my office indicate that Dayag was brought to Al Sabah Hospital the other night but was declared dead on arrival,” Bello said.
Bello hinted that the victim was sexually abused before she died. “The horrible fate of Dayag is deeply saddening and utterly condemnable,” he said.
“We extend our sympathies to the family of Dayag, and we shall do everything to find justice for her death,” Bello said.
The government imposed a deployment ban on OFWs to Kuwait following a string of reported deaths and abuses, including Joanna Demafelis, whose body was found in a freezer last year.
The ban was lifted after the two countries forged a deal to protect Filipino migrant workers in the Gulf state. (Erma Edera)