A Filipina domestic helper appeared in Eastern Court today
charged with stealing $178,800 cash from her employer’s flat in Happy Valley.
Maribel Metiam, 33 years old, was returned to jail after a
brief appearance, in which Magistrate Minnie Wat scheduled the next hearing for
Jan. 18. No details of the alleged theft was mentioned.
The defense lawyer had earlier asked for an adjournment for
four weeks so he could get from the prosecution and study copies of documents
that would be used as evidence against Metiam.
He did not seek to have her out on bail as she did not have
a place to stay while the case is pending.
According to the charge sheet filed by police originally at
the Kwun Tong Courts, Metiam was arrested on Oct. 20 in the home of her employer, Mary Lau, in Siu Fai Terrace in Happy Valley.
