The Department of Justice (DOJ)-Task Force on Women and Children Protection has recommended the filing of criminal charges for violating Repulic Act No. 7610, or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act, Republic Act No. 9208, also known as the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, and kidnapping and serious illegal detention under Article 267 of the Revised Penal Code before the Quezon City regional trial court against businessman Mariano Tanenglian, his wife and two children for allegedly abusing their former housemaid.
The DoJ Task Force said the complainant, Mary Jane Sollano, was only 13 when she was employed by the Tanenglians in 2004.
In her complaint, Sollano said she suffered physical and mental abuse from her employers and alleged there were instances they would bang her head on the wall, kick her in the body and slap her face when she made mistakes.
Because of the alleged maltreatment, Sollano sought permission to go home but claimed her employers refused, insisting she finish her two-year contract with them.
But before the contract could lapse, she said Aleta made her sign a document without telling her what it was for, only to find out later that it was a two-year extension of her contract. She thus continued to work for the Tanenglians even as the alleged abuse continued.
She even recalled a time when Aleta and Fayette allegedly took her inside a room to take nude photos of her.
Government authorities and representatives of the Commission on Human Rights, Department of Social Welfare and Development rescued Sollano from the Tanenglian’s residence August 10 last year.
Source:
Dateline Philippines
Posted on Jan. 15, 2010
http://dateline.ph/?p=4702
The DoJ Task Force said the complainant, Mary Jane Sollano, was only 13 when she was employed by the Tanenglians in 2004.
In her complaint, Sollano said she suffered physical and mental abuse from her employers and alleged there were instances they would bang her head on the wall, kick her in the body and slap her face when she made mistakes.
Because of the alleged maltreatment, Sollano sought permission to go home but claimed her employers refused, insisting she finish her two-year contract with them.
But before the contract could lapse, she said Aleta made her sign a document without telling her what it was for, only to find out later that it was a two-year extension of her contract. She thus continued to work for the Tanenglians even as the alleged abuse continued.
She even recalled a time when Aleta and Fayette allegedly took her inside a room to take nude photos of her.
Government authorities and representatives of the Commission on Human Rights, Department of Social Welfare and Development rescued Sollano from the Tanenglian’s residence August 10 last year.
Source:
Dateline Philippines
Posted on Jan. 15, 2010
http://dateline.ph/?p=4702
