Joana Demafelis’ employer-turned-killer found guilty in Syria —DFA

The Syrian District Crinminal Court has found one of the accused in the killing of Joana Demafelis guilty of murder, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday.

According to the DFA Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs, Mouna Ali Hassoun was convicted in connection with the killing of the Filipino migrant.

The DFA-Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs reports that the Syrian District Criminal Court found Mouna Ali Hassoun, accused in the Joana Demafelis case, guilty of murder. DFA will continue to provide legal assistance to the family until justice is served.

— DFA Philippines (@DFAPHL) September 9, 2019

Hassoun's Lebanese husband, Nader Essam Assaf, is also charged of murder in Lebanon, the OUMWA said in a series of tweets on the develeopment in Syria.

Demafelis was found dead inside a freezer abandoned at an apartment in Kuwait in February 2018. —NB, GMA News