Hong Kong’s home workers were arrested for selling abortion medications

Eleven home workers have arrested “children’s destruction” and illegal abortions, police said.

Women were rounded in 30 and 40s, after finding his employer’s house, with the dead fetus, then confirmed that at least 28 weeks.

The police also found drugs that were believed to have abortion pills. Finally, they were taken to 10 other women.

Since five have been loaded, while five bonds are located and another is arrested to do more research. If you find guilty of the most serious load, the destruction of children could face a life sentence.

The research began in June after paramedics to help the 39-year-old home worker, which fell at his entrepreneur’s home.

Parturmurs Then he found the fetus hidden in a basket to clean the room, police said he was not born alive.

When asked, women accepted buying a friend’s pills – another foreign worker.

He was arrested in July, the police eventually attacked several July 29 and August 8, where eight other employees were arrested.

The inspector of Lam Ho-Yin, the inspector of the crime group of the Yuen Long district, does not appear to appear that the crime union did not appear. Instead, preliminary findings “32-year-old foreign home wizard … they brought from another country” and allegedly sold.

There is no clear what every woman – whose nationalities did not reveal – they are accused.

Abortion is legal in Hong Kong, but only in strict conditions – 24 weeks before continuing pregnancy would damage his mother’s life, or if health is in danger or seriousness of the fetus. Over 24 weeks, abortions can only be done if the mother’s life is in danger.

Guilty of supplying or using abortion drugs have been able to address seven years in prison.

On Friday, the police asked the staff to talk to a medical professional if home workers were pregnant.

Hong Kong includes other 368,000 home staff, depending on government statistics. Most – 55% – from the Philippines, and 42% are Indonesian.

Most earns the minimum monthly salary of the government established by HK $ 4.990 (US $ 636; £ 473).