Jackie Cheung Maid Gets Jail for Stealing But Vows Cleanest Cell Among Inmates
December 13th, 2006 by dd
Preslyn-saga Catacutan (30), the Filipino maid who worked for Hong Kong pop star Jacky Cheung has been jailed for six months for stealing three photographs and a letter from her former employer. Her sentence includes two six-month terms on two theft charges, to be served concurrently. Maid organizers immediately criticized the sentence as too harsh even calling it “very cruel”.
The Ming Pao Daily News newspaper quoted Judge Winston Leung on Tuesday as saying he imposed a heavy sentence as a deterrent because he suspected Catacutan of wanting to sell the photos.
The photos reportedly included pictures of Cheung and his wife, retired actress May Lo, as well as Lo and a friend, and Lo’s passport photo.
Cheung was one of Chinese pop music’s “Four Heavenly Kings” in the 1990s, along with Aaron Kwok, Leon Lai and Andy Lau.
Nearly 233,000 foreign maids work in prosperous Hong Kong. Most are from the Philippines, with smaller numbers coming from Indonesia, Thailand and other countries. [Mainichi]
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