Hong Kong employer who tortured domestic worker Erwiana accused of hiding assets to reduce compensation payment

Lawyers for Indonesian former domestic helper Erwiana Sulistyaningsih told a court on Wednesday that her abusive ex-employer transferred her share in a HK$7 million flat to her husband to avoid the helper’s claim for compensation.

But Law Wan-tung, jailed for six years for various assault charges, defended herself at the High Court with a revelation – she claimed her marriage had turned sour and that she was merely holding the flat her estranged husband bought on trust for their children. 

Insisting she had not paid a single penny for the property, she added: “I did not deem my husband so kind as to let me have a share in the property under the circumstance that I did not pay anything.”

The jailed employer was back in court on Wednesday to defend herself against a civil legal action brought by Erwiana. 

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The helper’s lawyers had lodged a legal bid to prevent Law from passing off the flat at Beverly Garden, the same property where the helper was assaulted in 2013.