'Deplorable': Senators outraged at PH envoy's video assaulting Pinay maid
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Posted at Oct 27 2020 04:38 PM
Philippine ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro was caught on video assaulting her Filipina helper inside the diplomatic residence. Screengrab from Globo News footage
MANILA — At least two senators on Tuesday said they were "outraged" upon seeing videos of the Philippine ambassador to Brazil assaulting her Filipina helper, as they urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to conduct a "thorough investigation" on the matter.
In a statement, Sen. Joel Villanueva called the acts of Philippine envoy to Brazil Marichu Mauro as "deplorable" and ran contrary to her mandate to ensure the "welfare of their countrymen in a foreign land."
"The alleged abuse and maltreatment that a Filipino domestic worker suffered from the hands of the country’s ambassador to Brazil is deplorable and [it is] conduct unbecoming [of] a diplomatic official who should be watching out for the welfare of their countrymen in a foreign land instead of inflicting harm," Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, said.
Brazilian news channel Globo News on Sunday released a report showing Mauro berating and mistreating her helper multiple times inside the diplomatic residence, prompting the DFA to recall her assignment.
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This is the first time I've heard of Globo doing anything admirable in airing these images of the monster terrorizing her helper. My god, that woman is a MONSTER. Of course the ones who control the paper are hard-righters, so who knows what the hell they do to the people they hire to do their work! Your heart will break at the way this poor woman is treated. I hope so much she can be compensated in the very best possible way, and the ambassador given the loudest possible public punishment, as well as sent back home in total disgrace.