The Philippine Embassy in Kuwait is seeking justice for the slain Filipina. #KuwaitOFW

PASAY CITY — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has condemned the killing of another domestic worker in Kuwait allegedly by the employer’s wife.”The continuing incidents of violence and abuse of Filipino domestic workers in Kuwait violates the spirit of the agreement signed in May 2018 that seeks to promote and protect their welfare,” DFA said in a statement.

“The Philippine Embassy in Kuwait is coordinating closely with Kuwaiti authorities to ensure that justice will be served,” it added.

The DFA has summoned the Kuwaiti Ambassador in Manila to express the Government’s outrage over the seeming lack of protection of Filipino domestic workers at the hands of their employers and to press for complete transparency in the investigation of the case and to call for the swift prosecution of the perpetrators to the fullest extent of the law.

The Arab Times reported that a staff of the Interior Ministry and his police officer wife have been detained for beating to death the 26-year-old victim.

Meanwhile, two other Filipina household helpers who were rescued from their employer’s home in Kuwait after seeking assistance from a Filipino journalist arrived in the Philippines via the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Monday.

The journalist, Ka Bong, presented in a video recorded and the NAIA and posted on Facebook one of the OFW who claimed they were raped repeatedly by their employer over several months.

The victim, whose name was withheld and face covered for privacy, said they were rescued on Christmas Day by Philippine embassy staff and local police after calling Ka Bong inside the bathroom.

She also said they decided to just be repatriated because they have no hard evidence against their rapists.