'You should shut the f*ck up! You should go back to the Philippines!' the HongKong cursed.
A local woman has been filmed unleashing a torrent of verbal abuse at a domestic helper, shouting at her to "go back to the Philippines" during a five-minute tirade at a park in Hong Kong yesterday.
A video of a Hong Kong woman scolding a domestic helper has gone viral. In the video shared online, the woman can be seen lashing out at the helper while pointing her hands towards the helper's face.
The domestic helper were looking after a toddler in a stroller as well as two dogs at a public park. But apparently, somehow she irritated the local woman who burst out screaming.
By the local woman's account in the video, she blamed the helper for not stopping the dogs from barking. She claimed that one of the dogs even bit her dog.She also said it was inappropriate to walk dogs and a child at the same time.
The woman screamed: 'I’m telling you, are wrong! [When you] take care of the baby you bring your two dogs, and your dogs… always keep barking, you should control your dog."
The woman repeatedly required the helper to call her boss. When the helper replied her boss was still working and offered his phone number, the woman lost temper and cursing: 'You should shut the f*ck up! You are just a helper, OK?"
The Filipino responded: 'Why should I shut up? Do not put your hand to me!'
The local woman fight back: "You actually should not be a helper, you know. If I'm a boss I would fire you. You have really bad attitude.” She shouted: 'You should go back to the Philippines! Bad attitude, bad helper!'
Then the Filipino kept responded: "Thank you". As the video drew many eyeballs, the woman's rude attitude caused a strong backlash online.
HONG KONG (AP) — Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday that one of its representatives was denied entry into Hong Kong, calling it a “new decline” in the city’s press freedoms.
According to the group, its Taipei-based staffer Aleksandra Bielakowska was stopped at the airport by immigration officers. She was detained, questioned and had her belongings searched three times before she was denied entry, said the group, also known by its French acronym RSF.
“This action by the Hong Kong authorities, unprecedented for RSF, marks a new decline in the already poor press freedom climate in the territory,” RSF said in a statement.
Bielakowska was to meet journalists and attend a hearing at the trial of Jimmy Lai, the media tycoon and founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper who is facing national security charges.
The Immigration Department did not comment when contacted after business hours.
Rebecca Vincent, RSF’s director of campaigns, said the group had “never experienced such blatant efforts by authorities to evade scrutiny of court proceedings in any country.”
A major crackdown on dissent has taken place in Hong Kong since the massive anti-government protests in 2019. After Beijing imposed a new national security law on the city, dozens of pro-democracy activists have been arrested and charged. Also, electoral laws have been overhauled to ensure that only “patriots” loyal to Beijing can run for office.
Police have also frozen assets and raided the newsrooms of pro-democracy media outlets, eventually forcing them to cease operations. In March, Hong Kong lawmakers approved the Article 23 security bill, which includes maximum penalties of life imprisonment for offences such as treason and insurrection.
Two former Stand News editors are expected to hear a verdict in their case this month after being charged under a colonial-era sedition law, and in March, U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia said that its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under the new national security law.
Once seen as a bastion of media freedom in Asia, Hong Kong has since plummeted in press freedom rankings. The semi-autonomous city currently ranks 140th out of 180 countries in RSF’s World Press Freedom Index. In 2002, Hong Kong was ranked 18th.
FILE - A lawmaker holds a copy of the proposed Safeguarding National Security Bill at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, March 19, 2024. The United States sees Hong Kong's new national security law as a tool to potentially silence dissent both at home and abroad, but has tread carefully so far in responding, a disappointment to those fighting for democracy and freedoms in the Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)
