Filipino maids suffer brunt of HK anger
By Mario J. Mallari
08/30/2010
Joy Fajardo likes to spend her Sundays meeting friends from her home town in Chater Garden, a famous gathering spot for the Philippine community at the heart of Hong Kong’s financial center but yesterday was an exception.
The 30-year-old said she was warned to stay away from Chinese crowds for fear of retribution over the dramatic hostage crisis that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead in Manila Monday.
“We are very worried to be living in a Chinese com-munity now,” Fajardo said.
Anger and grief mounted this week after a busload of Hong Kong tourists was hijacked in Manila exactly a week ago by a sacked policeman armed with an assault rifle in a bloody siege watched live around the world.
Eight of the tourists were killed in the final stages of the 12-hour standoff, triggering widespread accusations about police bungling.... MORESource: The Daily Tribune
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