Saturday, November 12, 2011

虐傭主角劉珊珊想全身而退.... 難!!!

這下可又露臉了....

這廂有台灣姑娘曾雅妮的高爾夫球技揚名國際,

那廂也有台灣女子劉珊珊虐傭案轟動美國!!! (註)




台灣媒體、外交部有點口徑一致地強調劉女的外交豁免權,應該立即釋放劉女。


不過吳敦義倒是很誠實地對豁免權做出正確的解釋



具有高度愛國情操的人,
一定對於這種虐傭的誤會 (姑且稱之為誤會.... 反正到時候劉女一定會說這完全是一場誤會)
認為美國人真得是非常過份....

在台灣,
大家不都是會怕外勞幫傭遺失了他們的護照、所以扣押保管外勞幫傭的護照嘛,(騙肖!!! 還不是怕他們逃跑!!!)
大家不都是會怕外勞幫傭亂花錢、所以扣押保管外勞幫傭的部份酬勞嘛,(騙肖!!! 還不是一樣怕他們逃掉!!!)

至於工作時間過長,
啊菲傭住我的吃我的,有時候只不過是有事要她幫點忙、這沒有什麼大不了的嘛。

這些事情都是錯的!!!

僱主是沒有權利扣留受僱者的護照跟薪資的,
而且外勞的工作範圍跟時數是在勞動契約裡明文規定的,
例如說你請的是看護,結果你還要求外勞煮飯、洗衣服,這就是違反勞動契約;
至於超時工作卻不給加班費,這當然是違反法律的。

在台灣、許多事大家都當做理所當然,
就算上了 (國民黨開的) 法院,劉珊珊也不會有事....

問題是,今天劉珊珊卻是犯在美國人手裡!!!
如果美國法院真的信得過劉珊珊扣留菲傭的護照、薪水真的是為了菲傭好,
那這個詐欺的部份 (Liu is accused of violating a law covering the recruitment of foreign workers and their transport into the United States on fraudulent terms) 在美國的法律就很難脫罪了(這在美國是叫做 federal felony)。


說真的,
真的是搞不懂,一個身為台灣政府的官員,而且還是國家的駐外代表,竟然會不知道在菲律賓僱用菲傭、然後用詐欺的手法帶去美國當傭人是不對又違法的事情嗎???!!!


剛剛會說劉珊珊犯在美國人手裡,
根據我的研判是,
這個事情是八月就因為受虐菲傭逃跑而東窗事發,
美國聯邦調查局在當時立即就介入調查,並且多次約談過當事人劉珊珊,
結果聯邦調查局會在毫無預警的情況之下就上門逮人,(而且還可以找到劉珊珊的部屬當控方證人),非常有可能是劉珊珊態度傲慢、堅不認錯,而且劉珊珊請調回國的舉動更事會被聯邦調查局視為畏罪潛逃。



說正格的,
菲傭、印傭、泰勞.... 他們都是人,
他們為了生活要到台灣工作 (或是被劉珊珊帶去美國當佣人),
台灣人除了給他們薪水之外,請再給他們一點尊重與人權、好不好???!!!





註:堪薩斯當地新聞台揭露的劉珊珊虐傭案新聞

Taiwanese official accused of abusing housekeeper

BY MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER

Associated Press


Federal prosecutors in Kansas City have jailed a Taiwanese official on a felony labor violation involving her housekeeper - a charge experts say has rarely, if ever, been applied to a foreign official.

Hsien-Hsien Liu, director general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Kansas City, is accused of vastly underpaying the woman, restricting when she could sleep and making her work 16 to 18 hours a day.

Liu, 64, was arrested and charged Thursday with fraud in foreign labor contracting, which is punishable by up to five years in federal prison. She was held without bond until a hearing Wednesday. Court records do not list an attorney for her.

TECO's main office in Washington did not respond to phone and email messages left Friday seeking comment. The organization's website said the office was closed Friday in observance of Veterans Day.

Prosecutors said Liu's office maintains unofficial relations between the United States and Taiwan and is similar to a foreign government consulate, although the U.S. doesn't recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state.

Federal prosecutors in Kansas City told The Kansas City Star that Liu is believed to be the first foreign official to face this charge in the United States. While others have been prosecuted for mistreating domestic workers, Liu is accused of violating a law covering the recruitment of foreign workers and their transport into the United States on fraudulent terms, prosecutors said.

Michael LeRoy, a labor law professor at the University of Illinois, said the charge against Liu was filed under a human trafficking law reauthorized in 2008. He said while similar laws have been used extensively in the U.S., he wasn't aware of that specific charge being used previously against a foreign official and Liu's case "represents a novel circumstance."

"I'm willing to venture it's relatively untested," he said. "She has some serious charge there."

An FBI affidavit filed in the case claims TECO recruited the housekeeper in the Philippines in September 2011. According to the woman's visa application, her two-year employment contract called for her to be paid $1,240 a month, work 40-hour weeks and be entitled to overtime.

Prosecutors claim the woman was actually paid $400 to $450 a month, worked 16- to 18-hour days and was monitored with video surveillance equipment at Liu's home in Johnson County, Kan. They also say Liu took the woman's passport and was "verbally abusive."

Liu, who is also known as Jacqueline Liu, told the woman "she was friends with local law enforcement and known well in the community" and if the woman "acted out, she would be deported," the affidavit said.

Authorities learned about the situation after the women complained to a man from the Philippines who she met a grocery store. Prosecutors said he helped her leave Liu's home in August.

A witness quoted in the affidavit said Liu treated a previous housekeeper similarly, until she "went into a state of depression and stopped eating." It wasn't clear what happened to that woman.

Kurt Taylor Gaubatz, an international studies professor at Old Dominion University in Virginia, said it was unlikely Liu would qualify for diplomatic immunity in the case.

"There have been several stories about diplomatic abuse of household help both in the U.S. and abroad, and the critical issue is what level (she is)," Gaubatz said. "If you're an ambassador and you beat you domestic help, diplomatic immunity is going to get you off.

"But it doesn't mean it's going to be consequence-free for you" because charges can then be filed in the person's home country.

Gaubatz said Liu may have qualified for immunity if the charges somehow related to her job, but that didn't seem to be the case.

"Lawyers are going to say in order to maintain the duties of a consular officer they need domestic help," he said. "But frankly I don't see that going very far."

Linda Trout, executive director of Kansas City's International Relations Council, said she has known Liu since she arrived in Kansas City about two years ago and worked with her on several occasions. She described her as "businesslike" and "very nice."

Trout also said Liu announced last month that she was returning to Taiwan, and Trout met recently with a lead representative for Taiwan in Washington, where they discussed Liu's pending move and her replacement in Kansas City.

"She was very accommodating. We had a good relationship," Trout said. "She told me more than a month ago she had been reassigned back to Taiwan. She told me it was because of the number of years she had been out of Taiwan and the office wanted her back."

Liu's planned departure also was posted on TECO's website in October.





2 comments:

  1. I've been in Taiwan for some years now, and I agree with the blog owner's views. What the Taiwanese get away with in Taiwan is not tolerated elsewhere. So, it's time these acts are stopped! Too bad some Taiwanese still believe mistreating (underpaying,overworking) house keepers(maids) is the right thing...it's too bad~

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  2. thank you for backing me up.... :)

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