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MANILA, Philippinesâ€"An 18-year-old housemaid filed a criminal case against her former employer, the brother of business tycoon Lucio Tan.

Mary Jane Sollano filed the case before the Justice department for maltreatment, illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide against Mariano Tan, his wife Aleta and children Maximilian and Fayette.

In her three-page affidavit, the victim detailed the “physical and mental abuses” she suffered in the hands of the Tan family in their Quezon City residence from July 2004 up to August 10.

Sollano said she and the other house help were “not allowed to use the telephone or cell phone, talk to fellow house helpers, laugh, sit in their (family's) chairs, look
outside the window, watch TV, eat at any time, sleep or rest before our tasks were completed, and read any material or write.”

She also claimed that Tan’s wife slapped her in the face repeatedly.

“In my five-year stay in their house, I was not allowed to go out. They even threatened me that they would do something bad if I ask for help from outside,” Sollano claimed.

She said she tried to escape when she sought permission to go to her province but was not allowed to leave. She added Tan’s wife and Fayette even took nude photos of her.

“When they were not yet satisfied, they would hit me with steel or slippers, and threaten me that they would show my nude photos to other people or bring me to a nightclub owned by Ate Aleta's friend,” she alleged.

Sollano, who had been working for Tan's household for five years and two months, was rescued by operatives from the Quezon City Police District, CHR and DSWD last August 10.

The complainant was joined by lawyer Al Parreno in filing the complaint before the office of State Prosecutor Edna Valenzuela.

Submitted with the complaint were affidavits of representatives from police, Commission on Human Rights and Department of Social Welfare and Development and other persons present during the rescue.

Sollano's parents - fearing she was dead - only learned of their daughter's whereabouts from a fellow maid Aljane Bacanto, who escaped the Tan's household recently.

The father then sought the help of provincemates and private lawyers who then brought them to the CHR to seek assistance from authorities
(Inquirer.net)

Tampalasan nga amo pastilan lamio paasuhan ni ingani klase nga kinaiya...

i hope nga mahatagan ug hustisya ang batan on, grabe nga mga kinaiya morag dili na mga tawo murag mga beasts

Wicked pood ning mga tawhana.

I hope that the innocent child gets justice.

Ang mga datu lagi sa atoa mga lain kaayo ug batasan. Ang mga datu diri maikogon kaayo. Mauwaw gani manugo.

Another Filipino trait kanang mapahitas-on nga di jud nako matulon! (very common )

mao jud mora bitaw ug mohangtod sila aning kalibutana

Mo ampo na lang ta that ma guilty pood si Mr. Mariano Tan on his actions.
Ampo ta that justice will be given to the child.

Prayer and solid correction through the Blessed Word is better than any chismiss.

Amen!

I dont think chismiss has something to do with this case.

Ang mga datu sa atoa pinakalooy raba jud tengali kung walay maid kay nagsalig na permi dile na kamao mulihok sa panimalay kay nagsalig lang permi sa maid,angay unta panggaon ang mga maid kay gamay pa sila og sweldo unya kinalisuran pa gyud ila tarbajo..

There should be Fair Treatment Act implemented in the Philippines.

My family employs workers for our house in Tagbilaran, but we also send them to school and college. Bisan pordoy among pamilya mo help man jud mi.

Kining mga datu kaayo, they should help pood. I cannot undersand why some of them treat their workers so pathetically.

Subhuman standards.

May the Lord God open their hearts..

I think that these are just rare instances. Pocket incidences.

I know of a very wealthy family in Bohol,  family friends, and they not only pay their helpers with a fair pay, but also send them to school, and help out their families if in need.

So depende sa tawo lagi. Dili ta mo judge kai naa'y mga datu nga very humble kaajo ilang works. Di pa show, pero mo tabang man ug askan sila.

How nice kung ingana lang unta ang kinaiya sa tanang Datu sa atoa Bran ang uban lang jud mga dautan lang kaayu mostly raba dile taga atoa nga pure.

It is a shame that some do treat the workers in subhuman standards, 'te. Fair treatment is necessary. The employer should always show respect and human decency to the workers.
Kai ang mga worker ning trabaho man jud sila para pood sa ilang pamilya.

I remember my uncle telling me that they took in people from the rural areas of Bohol, na luuy ko to hear their story. Walay papa sila, and ilang inahan dili ka provide kai gamay ra ang kwarta.

My aunts and uncles took them in, nga house workers, pero we sent them to high school, and na college na sila pood.

maka hilak ilang story. Luuy kaayo...

mao pang-gaon gud na maid amo bitaw mga maid sauna ayuhon gud da kay kon mouli aguy di ra ba lalim

kana c lucio tan pa tihik sa tanang tihik.her daughter VIVIANNE TAN.ako amigo nag messenger wala gani maghulog sa SSS ,unja sa pay slip may kaltas sa SSS,barat ning pamilyaha,vivianne is the bussiness partner of my boss before in manila.

Part of the chinese confucian culture man gud na, cat. Saving money is endorsed in confucian culture. Luuy lang that they value money more than human life. Mao na dirty business practice...