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| One of the burglars makes a face at the Pinay before fleeing |
The brave woman who foiled an attempt by two cheeky burglars to break into a standalone house in Sai Kung in the small hours last Thursday was a Filipina domestic helper, and not the “female homeowner” as was reported in most mainstream news outlets earlier.
This was evident in the viral video uploaded on YouTube
where the 42-year-old Filipina could be heard first muttering, “Hoy” to the masked
burglars and then continued shouting until they clambered over an open window to flee.
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But before doing so, one of them waved at the helper and
made a face, sparking myth among those who saw the video online and posted in
major media outlets.
The video was taken by the brave Filipina while shooing the
burglars away as she made her way across
the dimly-lit house in Spanish Villas, Nam Wai, Sai Kung. (video here: https://video.hkhl.hk/746e6c2068bf71eebfc95014c1da0102/ea7b678cbcb14a4fb00237580acce2e2-18291e280c29e01890a06148475ff66c-ld.mp4?_=1
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She then informed her 42-year-old male French employer, who
called the police at 2:37am.
Officers who responded to the call found that a glass door
of the house had been damaged but no property was stolen.
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| The brave Pinay inspecting the broken glass door of their Sai Kung home |
On further investigation, they discovered that another village house nearby had been burgled. The windows had been prised open and some properties were taken but their value was not immediately known.
The incident came just six months after another foreign domestic
helper scared off two men who had tried to sneak into her employer’s detached
house in Royal Castle, Clear Water Bay, also in Sai Kung.
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The helper heard a strange noise in the house at about 10pm
on April 20 and saw the burglars about to enter the house when she went to
investigate.
She immediately raised the alarm and the burglars fled toward
the hills behind the house.
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The police who came after receiving a report found no trace
of the thieves, but saw that the doors and windows of the house had been pried
open.
When they checked the CCTV, they saw two men wearing black
shirts in the act of entering the house.
No arrests were made after the incident.
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| PADALA NA! |
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