Locsin demands justice for OFW slain in Kuwait, wants head of employer’s wife

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday demanded justice for the death of a Filipina migrant worker who was allegedly killed by her employer's wife in Kuwait.

In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Locsin conveyed to the Kuwaiti Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh the Philippine government's outrage over the killing of the yet to be identified victim.

"She bashed her head. So I want the head of the employer’s wife who murdered their Filipina maid," Locsin said on Twitter.

Secretary of Foreign Affairs @teddyboylocsin summoned Kuwaiti Ambassador Musaed Salem Al Thuwaikh to the DFA today to convey the PH government’s outrage over the death of a Filipino domestic worker in the hands of her employer’s wife. pic.twitter.com/7ATf4G7kZo

— DFA Philippines (@DFAPHL) December 31, 2019

The DFA condemned the incident on Monday in a statement.

"The friendship between your country which gives our people the jobs they cannot find at home and our people whose faithful service make the life of your people easier depends on justice being done the murdered maid," Locsin was quoted as telling the Kuwaiti ambassador. "An eye for an eye, a life for a life."

"I beg you give her justice. We will go after the Filipino recruiters and government officials who put her in harm’s way," he added. —NB, GMA News