Monday, December 7, 2009

Another maid files case against Lucio Tan’s brother (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Mariano Tanenglian, brother of business tycoon Lucio Tan, has been slapped anew with a criminal complaint before the Department of Justice (DOJ) for serious illegal detention and serious physical injuries for abusing another housemaid.

the complainant Gina Renacia M. Renacia, 33, accused Mariano Tanenglian and his wife Aleta, and children Adeline and Junjun of suffering from physical and mental thereby causing her physical and emotional distress.

Renacia filed the complaint before PNP Women’s Desk SPOI Florence A. Costanilla.

According to her, she said she was beaten up, forced to shave her head, and slapped whenever she did something wrong. In fact, sometime in November 1992, Aleta pressed a hot iron to her back, which forced to undergo treatment at the Philippine General Hospital.

Two former maids of the family of Tanenglian had earlier filed complaints of illegal detention and physical injuries against their employer before the Quezon City police. They are Mary Jane Sollano, 18, who hails from Zamboanga del Sur, and Aljane Bacanto,19, from Leyte.

The two earlier filed a complained against Mariano Tanenglian and his family for experiencing physical and mental abuse as well.

Source:
Tetch Torres, INQUIRER.net. Posted December 6, 2009 from
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20091206-240459/Another-maid-files-case-against-Lucio-Tans-brother