3rd maid files abuse raps vs Mariano Tan, family

A third housemaid has filed charges against businessman Mariano Tan and his family before the Department of Justice (DOJ) for allegedly abusing her.

Gina Renacia, 33, accused Tan; his wife, Aleta; and children Maximillian and Fayeete for supoosed “maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide.” The Philippine National Police (PNP) endored her complaint to the DOJ.

Renacia, according to the complaint, was 15 years old when Tan and his family employed her as a housemaid.

“In November 1992, victim Renacia… suffered physical and mental abused from the afore-named respondents thereby causing physical and emotional distress upon her person,” stated the complaint signed by Senior Police Officer 1 Florence Costanilla of the PNP Women’s Desk.

Renacia said she was allegedly beaten, forced to shave her head and slapped whenever she did something wrong. She also said that in November 1992, Aleta alleged pressed a hot iron against her back, and she had to be treated at the Philippine General Hospital.

Earlier this year, former housemaids Mary Jane Sollano, 18, and Aljane Bacanto, 19, separately filed similar complaints before the DOJ.

In her affidavit, Bacanto said she was allegedly not allowed to go out of the Tan residence ”not even once” in barangay Siena, Quezon City from May 2006 until she was given permission to go back to her province last February.
Just like Sollano, Bacanto said she was not allowed to call anybody outside the house. She said she was only allowed to write letters to her family in Tacloban, but Fayette reportedly told her what to write.

“They made me a slave, without a salary and enough food,” she said.
Bacanto said she was only given food whenever her employers were satisfied with her job. She said the refrigerators in the house were padlocked and there were many instances when she was not able to eat for three consecutives days.

She said she and her fellow maids were caught stealing food and were harshly punished. She said she was beaten several times by Aleta, Feyette and Maximillian. She said she was even forced to eat dog food just to survive.
Sollano, who was rescued last Aug. 10 after Bacanto told Sollano’s parents about her plight, told police she suffered “physical and mental abuses” at the hands of the Tan family since she started her employment in july 2004.
Sollano said she and other maids were allegedly “ not allowed to use the telephone or cellphone, 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 said she tried to escape by asking permission to go their home province of Zamboanga del Sur but her employers for bade her, sayin she had to finish her two year contract.

When her contract ended in 2006, Aleta reportedly called a lawyer and told Sollano to sign a new contract without reading its contents. She only learned later on that she signed another contract for another two years of service with the Tans.

Sollona said Aleta and Feyette once brought her to a room took nude photos of her. ”When they were not yet satisfied, they would hit me with steel (pipes) or slippers, and threaten me that they would show my a nightclub owned by Ate Aleta’s Friend,” Sollano said.

She said Fayette once poured hot water on her hands after they caught her eating their food, and that they chained her hands and neck in such a way that she found it difficult to breathe.

Sollano’s alleged ordeal ended when she was rescued by Quezon City police officers and personnel from the Commission on Human Rights and the Department of Social Welfare and Development last Aug.10.
Sollano and her parents had a tearful reunion after five years without any contact.

When sought for a reaction, Tan’s camp said the Allegations were “part of a bigger picture.” Tan is the estranged brother of businessman Lucio Tan.
“As we all know somebody is trying to stop our clients from testifying at the Sandiganbayan,” Tan’s Lawyer, Raymund Quiroz, said. He added that they will answer all charges once they receive a copy of the complaint.

Edu Punay
The Philippine Star, Page 19
December 07, 2009

Kasambahay kinalbo, plinantsa

PANIBAGONG kaso ng pagmamaltrato at pang-aabuso ang isinampa ng isa pang kasambahay ng bilyonaryong Intsik at sa pagkakataong ito, ang pinakahuling biktima ay kinalbo ang buhok at pinaso pa ng plantsa ng kaawa-awang biktima.
Ang Kasambahay, si Gina Renacia, 33, ay pormal na nagharap ng sumbong sa Department of Justice, laban sa bilyonaryong akusado na si Mariano Tan, asawa notong si Aleta Adeline at anak nilang si Junjun Tan.

Si Renacia ay nagbigay din ng salaysay kay SPO1 Florence A. Costanilla ng PNP Women’s Desk.

Ayon sa sumbong, matagal nang naninilbihan bilang kasambahay ang biktima sa pamilya Tan at sa tuwing nagkakamali umano ito sa gawaing bahay, sinasampal siya ng mga ito sa magkakahiwalay na pagkakataon at kung minsan kinakalbo rin ang kanyang ulo.

November 1992, ayon pa sa biktima, nang pasuin ng plantsa ni Mrs. Tan ang likod ng biktima dahilan para isugod siya sa Philippine General Hospital.

Kung matatandaan, dalawa pang kasambahay ang nagharap ng sumbong sa Quezon City police laban sa pang-aabuso at pangmamaltrato ng mga ito sa kanila. Si Mariano, ay kapatid ng business tycoon na si Lucio Tan at isa rin ito sa sinasabing isa sa 20 pinaka-mayamang tao sa bansa.

Ang isa sa mga kasambahay ay tumakas sa pamilya Tan, habang ang isang biktima naman ay nirescue sa mansiyon ng mga Tan, sa #30 Biak na Bato St., corner Dapitan St., Sto.Domingo ng nasabing lungsod.

Nauna nang nagharap ng pormal na sumbong ang dalawang biktima na tinukoy sa pangalang Mary Jane Sollano, 18, tubong Zamboanga del Sur, at Aljane Bacanto, 19, mula sa Leyte. Sila ay sinamahan ng abogadong si Al Parreno sa QCPD station 1 para ipagharap ng sakdal ang pamilya Tan.

Anang abogado, ang mga biktima ay nasa ilalim ngayon ng ‘counseling’ sa tulong ng Teresita Ang See’s Kaisa Foundation na may adbokasiyang tulungan ang mga inaabusong kababaihan sa bansa.

Police Files, Pahina 2
Disyembre 7,2009

Katulong kinalbo na plinantsa pa Kaso ulit vs Tsinoy

Isa pang kasambahay ang pormal na nagharap ng sumbong kahapon laban sa bilyonaryong Intsik na si Mariano Tanenglian at sa pamilya nito na nauna nang ipinagharap sa sakdal ng dalawa pa nilang kasambahay kama-kailan.
Ang masakit nito, ang ikatlong biktima ay hindi lang dumanas ng iba’t ibang uri ng pang-aabuso, kundi kinalbo pa ang buhok nito, saka plinantsa ang likurang bahagi ng katawan.

Ang ikatlong biktima, si Gina Renacia, 33, ay pormal na nagharap ng sumbong sa Department od Justice, laban sa bilyonaryong akusado na si Mariano Tanenglian, asawa nitong si Aleta Adeline at anak nilang si Junjun Tanenglian.
“It appears that herein victim Renacia, then a 15-year old minor, was formerly employed as housemaid at the residence of the afore-named respondents. Investigation disclosed that sometime in November 1992, victim Renacia, while working as “kasambahay” at the said abode, suffered physical and mental abused from the afore-named respondents thereby causing physical and emotional distress upon her person.” Sabi sa laman ng sumbong.
Si Renacia ay nagbigay rin ng salaysay kay SPO1 Florence A. Costanilla ng Women’s Desk.

Ayon sa sumbong, matagal nang naninilbihan bilang kasambahay ang biktima sa pamilya Tanenglian at sa tuwing nagkakamali umano ito sa gawaing bahay, sinasampal siya ng mga ito sa magkakahiwalay na pahkakataon at kung minsan ay kinakalbo rin ang kanyang ulo.

November 1992, ayon pa sa biktima, nang pasuin ng plantsa ni Mrs. Tanenglian ang likod ng biktima dahilan para isugod siya sa Philippine General Hospital.
Matatandaan na dalawa pang kasambahay ang nagharap ng sumbong sa Quezon City police laban sa pamilya Tanenglian dahil sa pang-aabuso at pangmamaltrato ng mga ito sa kanila.

Si Mariano, ay kapatid ng business tycoon na si Luco Tan isa rin ito sa sinasabing isa sa 20 pinaka mayamang tao sa bansa.

Ang isa sa mga kasambahay ay tumakas sa pamilya Tanenglian, habang ang isang biktima naman ay ni-rescue sa mansiyon ng mga Tan sa #30 Biak na Bato St., corner Dapitan St., Sto. Domingo ng nasabing lungsod.

Nauna nang nagharap ng pormal na sumbong ang dalawang biktima na tinukoy sa pangalang Mary Jane Sollano, 18, tubong Zamboanga del Sur, at Aljane Bacanto, 19, mula sa Leyte.
Sila ay sinamahan ng abogadong si Al Parreno sa QCPD station 1 para ipagharap ng sakdal ang pamilya Tanenglian.

Si Sollano ay may limang taon nang naninilbihan bilang kasambahay ng pamilya Tanenglian, habang si bacanto naman ay may tatlong taon nang namasukan bilang ‘maid’ ng mga suspek.

Ang magulang ni Sollano ay nagpasaklolo na rin sa Commission on Human Rights at sa Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Sinabi naman ni Atty. Parreno ng Diaz, Parreno, and Caringal Law Office na personal niyang hinawakan ang kaso ng mga biktima dahil marami na umano siyang nahawakang kaso mula sa QCPD station 1.

Ang abogado, ang mga biktima ay nasa ilalim ngayon ng ‘counseling’ sa tulong ng Teresita Ang See’s Kaisa Foundation na may adbokasiyang tulungan ang mga inaabusong kababaihan sa bansa.

Remate, Pahina 5
Disyembre 7, 2009

3rd maid files charges against Mariano Tanenglian

A THIRD housemaid from the household of businessman Mariano Tanenglian has filed criminal charges against him and his family before the Department of Justice for illegal detention and serious physical injuries sustained during her 15-year stay with the Tanenglians.

Complainant Gina Renacia accused Tanenglian, his wife Aleta and children Adeline and Junjun of causing her mental and physical abuse since she began working for the family when she was just 15 years old.

Renacia is the third housemaid of the Tanenglians to lodge a complaint before the DOJ, after Mary Jane Sollano and Aljane Bacanto, who were rescued from the Tanenglian house in Quezon City and have filed similar charges earlier.

Tanenglian is the estranged brother of tycoon Lucio Tan.

Based on the information filed by the PNP Women’s Desk, through SPO1 Florence Costanilla, Renacia claimed that during her stay in the Tenglian household, she was repeatedly beaten up, forced to shave her head and slapped. At one point in November 1992, Aleta pressed a hot iron to her back, and she had to undergo treatment at the Philippine General Hospital.

Lawyer Al Parreno, who is the counsel of the three maids, said the victims are now undergoing counseling through Teresita Ang See’s Kaisa Foundation which helps battered women.

Source
Evangeline C. de Vera, Malaya. Published December 7, 2009. Retrieved from
http://www.malaya.com.ph/12072009/metro5.html

3rd maid files abuse raps vs Mariano Tanenglian, family

MANILA, Philippines - A third housemaid has filed charges against businessman Mariano Tan and his family before the Department of Justice (DOJ) for allegedly abusing her.

Gina Renacia, 33, accused Tan; his wife, Aleta; and children Maximillian and Fayette for supposed “maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide.” The Philippine National Police (PNP) endorsed her complaint to the DOJ.

Renacia, according to the complaint, was 15 years old when Tan and his family employed her as a housemaid.

“In November 1992, victim Renacia… suffered physical and mental abuse from the afore-named respondents thereby causing physical and emotional distress upon her person,” stated the complaint signed by Senior Police Officer 1 Florence Costanilla of the PNP Women’s Desk.

Renacia said she was allegedly beaten, forced to shave her head and slapped whenever she did something wrong. She also said that in November 1992, Aleta alleged pressed a hot iron against her back, and she had to be treated at the Philippine General Hospital.

Earlier this year, former housemaids Mary Jane Sollano, 18, and Aljane Bacanto, 19, separately filed similar complaints before the DOJ.

In her affidavit, Bacanto said she was allegedly not allowed to go out of the Tan residence “not even once” in Barangay Siena, Quezon City from May 2006 until she was given permission to go back to her province last February.

Just like Sollano, Bacanto said she was not allowed to call anybody outside the house. She said she was only allowed to write letters to her family in Tacloban, but Fayette reportedly told her what to write.

“They made me a slave, without a salary and enough food,” she said.

Bacanto said she was only given food whenever her employers were satisfied with her job. She said the refrigerators in the house were padlocked and there were many instances when she was not able to eat for three consecutive days.

She said she and her fellow maids were caught stealing food and were harshly punished. She said she was beaten several times by Aleta, Fayette and Maximillian. She said she was even forced to eat dog food just to survive.

Sollano, who was rescued last Aug. 10 after Bacanto told Sollano’s parents about her plight, told police she suffered “physical and mental abuses” at the hands of the Tan family since she started her employment in July 2004.

Sollano said she and other maids were allegedly “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 said she tried to escape by asking permission to go to their home province of Zamboanga del Sur but her employers forbade her, saying she had to finish her two-year contract.

When her contract ended in 2006, Aleta reportedly called a lawyer and told Sollano to sign a new contract without reading its contents. She only learned later on that she signed another contract for another two years of service with the Tans.

Sollano said Aleta and Fayette once brought her to a room took nude photos of her. “When they were not yet satisfied, they would hit me with steel (pipes) 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,” Sollano said.

She said Fayette once poured hot water on her hands after they caught her eating their food, and that they chained her hands and neck in such a way that she found it difficult to breathe.

Sollano’s alleged ordeal ended when she was rescued by Quezon City police officers and personnel from the Commission on Human Rights and the Department of Social Welfare and Development last Aug. 10.

Sollano and her parents had a tearful reunion after five years without any contact.

When sought for a reaction, Tan’s camp said the allegations were “part of a bigger picture.” Tan is the estranged brother of businessman Lucio Tan.

“As we all know somebody is trying to stop our client from testifying at the Sandiganbayan,” Tan’s lawyer, Raymund Quiroz, said. He added that they will answer all charges once they receive a copy of the complaint.

Source:
Edu Punay, The Philippine Star. Published December 07, 2009. Retrieved from
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=530150&publicationSubCategoryId=65

Another maid files case against Lucio Tan’s brother

MANILA, Philippines—Brother of business tycoon Lucio Tan has been slapped anew with a criminal complaint before the Department of Justice (DOJ) for serious illegal detention and serious physical injuries for abusing another househelp.

In a criminal complaint filed Friday with the DOJ, the complainant Gina Renacia M. Renacia, 33, accused Mariano Tanenglian and his wife Aleta, and children Adeline and Junjun of abusing her.

“It appears that herein victim Renacia, then a 15-year old minor, was formerly employed as housemaid at the residence of the afore-named respondents. Investigation disclosed that sometime in November 1992, victim Renacia, while working as “kasambahay” at the said abode, suffered physical and mental abused from the afore-named respondents thereby causing physical and emotional distress upon her person.” the complaint stated.

Renacia filed the complaint before PNP Women’s Desk SPOI Florence A. Costanilla.

She said she was beaten up, forced to shave her head and slapped whenever she did something wrong. In fact, sometime in November 1992, Aleta pressed a hot iron to her back.

She said she was forced to undergo treatment at the Philippine General Hospital.

Two former maids of the family of Tanenglian had earlier filed complaints of illegal detention and physical injuries against their employer before the Quezon City police.

One of the housemaids escaped while the other was rescued by authorities on Aug. 10 from the Tanenglian residence at 30 Biak Na Bato corner Dapitan St. , Sto. Domingo Village.

Mary Jane Sollano, 18, who hails from Zamboanga del Sur, and Aljane Bacanto,19, from Leyte , went to Station 1 of the QCPD to file the complaint for serious illegal detention and physical injuries. They were accompanied by their lawyer Al Parreno.

Parreno said Sollano has been staying at the Tanenglian household for five years, while Bacanto served the family for three years. The two claimed to have been maltreated, not paid wages and barred from going out of the house

Source:
Tetch Torres, INQUIRER.net
December 6, 2009
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20091206-240459/Another-maid-files-case-against-Lucio-Tans-brother

Maid kinalbo, plinantsa ng amo

Kalunus-lunos ang sinapit ng isang kasam­bahay dahil bukod umano sa labis na pag­ma­mal­trato sa kanya ng pamilya ng bilyonar­yong Intsik, kinalbo pa ang buhok nito saka plinantsa ang liku­rang bahagi ng katawan.

Ang biktima, si Gina Renacia, 33, ay pormal na nagharap ng sum­bong sa Department of Justice, laban sa bilyo­naryong akusado na si Mariano Tanenglian, asawa nitong si Aleta Ade­line at anak nilang si Junjun Tanenglian.

Nabatid na ang bik­timang si Renacia ay dumanas ng pisikal at mental na pag-abuso mula sa mga nabanggit na amo nang siya ay namamasukan bilang katulong noong Nob­yembre 1992, at siya ay 15-anyos pa lamang.

Unang idinulog ang reklamo sa Philippine National Police (PNP).

Kabilang sa sinapit ng biktimang dati pang menor de edad, ang pa­na­nakit sa kanyang kata­wan, sinasampal sa tu­wing may pagkakamali at pinupwersang kalbu­hin ang sarili at ang pag-paso sa kaniyang likod ng ma­ init na plantsa hang­­gang sa maospital siya sa PGH.

Kung matatandaan, dalawa pang kasam­bahay ang nagharap ng sum­bong sa Quezon City Police laban sa pa­milya Ta­neng­lian dahil umano sa pang-aabuso at pang­ma­maltrato ng mga ito sa kanila.

Ang isa sa mga ka­sam­bahay ay tumakas sa pa­milya Tanenglian, ha­bang ang isang bik­tima naman ay ni-rescue sa mansiyon ng mga Tan sa #30 Biak na Bato St., corner Dapi­tan St., Sto. Do­mingo, Q.C.

Nauna nang nagha­rap ng pormal na sum­bong ang dalawang bik­tima na tinukoy sa pa­ngalang Mary Jane Sol­lano, 18, tubong Zam­bo­anga del Sur, at Aljane Bacanto,19, mula sa Leyte.

Si Sollano ay may limang taon nang nanil­­bihan bilang kasam­bahay habang si Bacanto na­man ay may tatlong taon nang nama­sukan dito.

Ang mga biktima ay nasa ilalim ngayon ng ‘counseling’ sa tulong ng Teresita Ang See’s Kaisa Foundation.

Source:
Nina Butch Quejada at Ludy Bermudo, Pilipino Star Ngayon. (Taon XXIV Blg. 261) Published December 07, 2009. Retrieved from
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=530113&publicationSubCategoryId=93

Isa pang maid nagreklamo vs Mariano Tanenglian

Isa pang kaso ng illegal detention at serious physical injuries ang isinampa ng isang housemaid laban sa negosyanteng amo nito.

Sa kasong isinampa sa Deparment of Justice (DOJ), inakusahan ng complainant na si Gina Renacia, 33-anyos, ang among si Mariano Tan at kapamilya nitong sina Aleta, Adeline at Junjun Tan ng kasong pang-aabuso.

“It appears that herein victim Renacia, then 15-year old minor, was formerly employed as housemaid at the residence of the afore-named respondents. Investigation disclosed that sometime in Nov. 1992, victim Renacia, while working as ‘kasambahay’ at the said abode, suffered physical and mental abused from the afore-named res­pondents thereby causing physical and emotional districts upon her person,” nakasaad pa sa reklamo.

Nagsampa ng reklamo si Renacia kay SPO1 Flo­rence A. Costanilla ng PNP Women’s Desk.

Ayon sa biktima, maraming beses siyang sinaktan ng kanyang mga amo, kinalbo ang kanyang ulo at pinagsasasampal kapag nakakagawa ng mali.
Pinlantsa umano ni Aleta ang likod ng biktima noong Nobyembre 1992 at siya’y nagpagamot sa Phi­lippine General Hospital.

Samantala, dalawang dating katulong ni Mariano Tanenglian, kapatid ni business tycoon Lucio Tan, ang nauna na ring nagsampa ng reklamo ng illegal detention at physical injuries laban sa kanyang employer, sa Quezon City police.

Isa sa mga biktimang katulong ang nakatakas habang na-rescue ng mga awtoridad ang kasama nito noong Agosto 10 mula sa bahay ng Tanenglian sa #30 Biak na Bato kanto ng Dapitan St., Sto. Domingo Village.

Ang mga biktimang sina Mary Jane Sollano, 18-anyos, na tubong Zamboanga del Sur at Aljane Bacanto, 19, ng Leyte, ay nagtungo sa QCPD kasama ang kanilang abogadong si Al Parreno upang ireklamo ang among si Mariano kasama ang asawa nito at dalawang anak.
Limang taong nanilbihan si Sollano sa Tanenglian family habang si Bacanto ay tatlong taon nang namamasukan.

Ayon sa mga biktima, sila ay minaltrato, hindi binabayaran ng sweldo at pinagbabawalang lumabas ng bahay.

Nagawang makatakas ni Bacanto at mabilis na isinumbong sa pamilya ni Sollano ang sinapit nila.

Agad naman na humi­ngi ng tulong ang pamilya Sollano sa Department of Social Welfare and Deve­lopment (DSWD).

Ayon kay Atty. Melanie Trinidad, sa pakikipagnegosasyon sa pagpapalaya kay Sollano, kinausap umano siya at ang ama ni Sollano ng Tanenglian family counsel na pumirma ng waiver na hindi sila maghaharap ng kaso laban sa kanila (Tanenglian).

Ang nasabing kaso ay hinahawakan ngayon ni Parreno ng Diaz, Parreno and Caringal Law Office bagama’t tumutulong pa rin si Atty. Trinidad.
Ayon kay Parreno, ilang kaso na ang hinawakan niya mula sa Station 1 at siya’y nag-volunteer ng kanyang serbisyo sa mga biktimang kasambahay na ngayon ay sumasailalim sa counseling sa pamamagitan ng Kaisa Foundation ni Teresita Ang See na tumutulong sa mga battered women.

Source:
Abante Tonite (Vol XXI Blg 310 p. 2) Published December 7, 2009
Abante (Vol. XXII Blg. 216 p. 6)Published December 7, 2009. Retrieved from
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/dec0709/crimes03.htm

Nation In Brief: Criminal charges filed against Mariano Tanenglian

Criminal complaints for alleged serious illegal detention and serious physical injuries has been filed before the Department of Justice against the business brother of taipan Lucio tan and members of his family.

The charges against Mariano Tanenglian, younger broher of the business tycoon, was filed on Friday by Gina Renacia, 33, a former housemaid of Tanenglian family.

Also charged were Tanenglian’s wife, Aleta, and children Adeline and Jun Jun. “Investigation disclosed that sometime in November 1992, victim Renacia, while working as kasambahay at the said abode, suffered physical and mental abused from the afore-named respondents thereby causing physical and emotional distress upon her person.” The complaint said. Justice department records showed that Renacia was the third criminal case filed against Tanenglian and members of his family.

William B. Depasupil
The Manila Times, A3
December 7,2009

Isa pang kasambahay nagreklamo vs Tanenglian

Isa pang kaso ng illegal detention at serious physical injuries ang isimampa ng isang housemaid laban sa negosyanteng amo nito.
Sa kasong isinampa sa Department od Justice (DOJ), inakusahan ng complainant na si Gina Renacia, 33-anyos, ang among si Mariano Tan kapamilya nitong sina Aleta, Adeline at Junjun Tan ng kasong pang-aabuso.

“It appears that hereinb victim Renacia, then 15-year old minor, was formerly employed as housemaid at the residence of the afore-named respondents. Investigation disclosed that sometime in Nov. 1992, victim Renacia, while working as ‘kasambahay’ at the said abode, suffered phtsical and mental abused from the afore-named respondents there-by causing physical and emotional districts upon her person,” nakasaad pa sa reklamo.

Nagasampa ng reklamo si Renacia kay SPO1 Florence A. Constanilla ang PNP Women’s Desk.

Ayon sa biktima, maraming beses siyang sinaktan ng kanyang amo, kinalbo ang kanyang ulo at pinagsasampal kapag nakakagawa ng mali. Plinantsa umano ni Aleta ang likod ng biktima noong Nobyembre 1992 at siya’y nagpagamot sa Philippine General Hospital.

Samantala, dalawang dating katulong ni Mariano Tanenglian, kapatid ni business tycoon Lucio Tan, ang nauna nang nagsampa ng reklamo ng illegal detention at physical injuries laban sa kanilang employer, sa Quezon City police.

Isa sa mga biktimang sina Mary Jane Sollano, 18, tubong Zamboanga del Sur at Aljane Bacanto, 19, ng Leyte, ay nagtungo sa QCPD kasama ang abogadong si Al Parreno upang ireklamo ang among si Tanenglian, ang asawa nito at dalawang anak.

Limang taong nanilbihan si Sollano sa Tanenglian habang si Bacanto ay tatlong taong namasukan.

Nakatakas si Bacanto at mabilis na isinumbong sa pamilya ni Sollano ang isinapit nila. Humingi naman ng tulong ang pamilya Sollano sa Department of Social Wefare and Development (DSWD).

Ayon kay Atty. Melanie Trinidad, sa pakikipagnegosasyon sa pagpalaya kay Sollano, kinausap siya at ang ama na si Sollano ng Tanenglian family counsel na pumirma ng waiver na hindi sila magsasampa ng kaso.

Ang nasabing kaso ay hinanhawakan ngayon ni Parreno ng Diaz, parreno and Caringal Law Office bagama’t tumutulog pa rin si Atty. Trinidad.

Ayon kay parreno, ilang kaso na ang hinahawakan niya mula sa station 1 at siya’y nag-volunteer ng kanyang serbisyo sa mga biktimang kasambahay na ngayon ay sumasailalim sa counseling sa pamamagitan ng Kaisa Foundation ni Teresita Ang See na tumutulong sa mga battered women.

Abante Tonight, Pahina 2
Disyembre 7, 2009

Isa pang maid nagreklamo vs Tanenglian

Isa pang kasong illegal detention at serious physical injuries ang isinampa ng isang housemaid laban sa negosyanteng amo nito.

Sa kasong isinampa sa Department of Justice (DOJ), inakusahan ng complainant na si Gina Renacia, 33-anyos, ang among si Mariano Tan at kapamilya nitong sina Aleta, Adeline at Junjun Tan ng kasong pang-aabuso.

“It appears that herein victim Rebacia, then 15-year old minor, was formerly employed as housemaid at the residence of the afore-named respondents. Investigation disclosed that sometime in Nov. 1992, victim Renacia, while working as ‘kasambahay’ at the said abode, suffered physical and mental abused from the afore-named respondents thereby causing physical and emotional districts upon her persons,” nakasaad pa sa reklamo.

Nagsampa ng reklamo si Renacia kay SPO1 Florence A. Contanilla ng PNP Women’s Desk.

Ayon sa biktima, maraming beses siyang sinaktan ng kanyang mga amo, kinalbo ang kanyang ulo at pinagsasampal kapag nakakagawa ng mali.

Plinantsa umano ni Aleta ang likod ng biktima noong Nobyembre 1992 at siya’y nagpagamot sa Philippine General Hospital.

Samantala, dalawang dating katulong ni Mariano Tanenglian, kapatid ni business tycoon Lucio Tan, ang nauna na ring nagsampa ng reklamo ng illegal detention at physical injuries laban sa kanyang employer, sa Quezon City police.
Isa sa mga biktimang katulong ang nakatakas habang na-rescue ng mga awtoridad ang kasama nito noong Agosto 10 mula sa bahay ng Tanenglian sa #30 Biak na Bato kanto ng Dapitan St., Sto.Domingo Village.

Ang mga biktimang sina Mary Jane Sollano, 18-anyos, na tubong Zamboanga del Sur at Ajjane Bacanto, 19, ng Leyte, ay nagtungo sa QCPD kasama ang kanilang abogadong si Al Parreno upang ireklamo ang among si Mariano kasama ang asawa nito at dalawang anak.

Limang Taong nanilbihan si Sollano sa Tanenglian family habang si Bacano ay tatlong taon nang namamasukan.

Ayon sa mga biktima, sila ay minaltrato, hindi binabayaran ng sweldo at pinagbabawalang lumabas ng bahay.

Nagawang makatakas ni Bacanto at mabilis na isinumbong sa pamilya ni Sollano ang sinapit nila.

Agad naman na humingi ng tulong ang pamilya Sollano sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Ayon kay Atty. Melanie Trinidad, sa pakikipag negosasyon sa pagpapalaya kay Sollano, kinausap umano siya at ang ama ni Sollano ng Tanenglian family counsel na pumirma ng waiver na hindi sila maghaharap ng kaso laban sa kanila (Tanenglian).

Ang nasabing kaso ay hinahawakan ngayon ni Parreno ng Diaz, Parreno and Caringal Law Office bagama’t tumutulong parin si Atty. Trinidad.
Ayon kay Parreno, ilang kaso na nang hinawakan niya mula sa Station 1 at siya’y nag-volunteer ng kanyang serbisyo sa mga biktimang kasambahay na ngayon ay sumasailalim sa counseling sa pamamagitan ng Kaisa Foundation ni Teresita Ang See na tumutulong sa mga battered women.

Abante, Pahina 6
Disyembre 7, 2009

Kasambahay kinalbo, plinantsa

PANIBAGONG kaso ng pagmamaltrato at pang-aabuso ang isinampa ng isa pang kasambahay ng bilyonaryong Intsik at sa pagkakataong ito, ang pinakahuling biktima ay kinalbo ang buhok at pinaso pa ng plantsa ng kaawa-awang biktima.
Ang Kasambahay, si Gina Renacia, 33, ay pormal na nagharap ng sumbong sa Department of Justice, laban sa bilyonaryong akusado na si Mariano Tan, asawa notong si Aleta Adeline at anak nilang si Junjun Tan.

Si Renacia ay nagbigay din ng salaysay kay SPO1 Florence A. Costanilla ng PNP Women’s Desk.

Ayon sa sumbong, matagal nang naninilbihan bilang kasambahay ang biktima sa pamilya Tan at sa tuwing nagkakamali umano ito sa gawaing bahay, sinasampal siya ng mga ito sa magkakahiwalay na pagkakataon at kung minsan kinakalbo rin ang kanyang ulo.

November 1992, ayon pa sa biktima, nang pasuin ng plantsa ni Mrs. Tan ang likod ng biktima dahilan para isugod siya sa Philippine General Hospital.

Kung matatandaan, dalawa pang kasambahay ang nagharap ng sumbong sa Quezon City police laban sa pang-aabuso at pangmamaltrato ng mga ito sa kanila. Si Mariano, ay kapatid ng business tycoon na si Lucio Tan at isa rin ito sa sinasabing isa sa 20 pinaka-mayamang tao sa bansa.

Ang isa sa mga kasambahay ay tumakas sa pamilya Tan, habang ang isang biktima naman ay nirescue sa mansiyon ng mga Tan, sa #30 Biak na Bato St., corner Dapitan St., Sto.Domingo ng nasabing lungsod.

Nauna nang nagharap ng pormal na sumbong ang dalawang biktima na tinukoy sa pangalang Mary Jane Sollano, 18, tubong Zamboanga del Sur, at Aljane Bacanto, 19, mula sa Leyte. Sila ay sinamahan ng abogadong si Al Parreno sa QCPD station 1 para ipagharap ng sakdal ang pamilya Tan.

Anang abogado, ang mga biktima ay nasa ilalim ngayon ng ‘counseling’ sa tulong ng Teresita Ang See’s Kaisa Foundation na may adbokasiyang tulungan ang mga inaabusong kababaihan sa bansa.

Police Files, Pahina 2
Disyembre 7,2009

Another maid files criminal charges against businessman

Another criminal complaint for serious illegal detention and serious physical detention has been filed by physical detention has been filed by a househelp against a businessman.

In a criminal complaint before the Department of Justice (DOJ), the complainant, Gina Renacia Renacia, 33 accused Mariano Tanenglian and his family members Aleta, Adeline and Junjun of abusing her.

“It appears that herin victim Renacia, then a 15-year-old minor, was formerly employed as housemaid at the residence of the afore-named respondents.

Investigation showed sometime in November 1992, Renacia, while working as “kasambahay” at the abode, suffered physical and mental abuse from the afore-named respondents, thereby causing physical and emotional distress upon her person, the complaint said.

Renacia filed the complaint before PNP Women’s Desk SPO1 Florence Costanilla.
At various times, the Tanenglian househelp claimed she was beaten up, forced to shave her head and slapped whenever she did something wrong.

In another time, in November 1992, Aleta pressed a hot iron to her back.
She said she was forced to undergo treatment at the Philippine General Hospital.

Two former maids of the family of Tanenglian earlier had filed aomplaints of illegal detention and physical injuries against their employer before the Quezon City police.

One of the housemaids escaped while the other was rescued by authorities on Aug. 10 from the Tanenglian residence at 30 Biak na Bato corner Dapitan Streets, Sto. Domingo Village.

Mary Jane Sollano, 18, who hails from Zamboanga del Sur, and Aljane Bacanto, 19, from Leyte, went to Station 1 of the Quezon City Police District to file the Complaint accompanied by their lawyer Al Parreno.

He said they filed charges of serious illegal detention and physical injuries against Mariano, his wife and their two children.

He added Sollano has been staying at the Tanenglian household for five years, while Bacanto served the family for three years. The two claimed to have been maltreated, not paid wages and barred from going out of the house.

Bacanto managed to escaped from the Tanenglian residence earlier this month and informed Sollano’s parents about her plight.

Sollano’s parents then sought. The help of the Commission on Huamn Rights and the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Lawyer Melanie Trinidad said during the negotiation for Sollano’s release, she and Sollano’s father were asked by the Tanenglian family counsel to sign a waiver that she would not press charges against them.

Parreno of Diaz, Parreno and Caringal Law Office said he has taken over as lawyer of the maids although Trinidad was still “helping in the case” without elaborating.
He said he was handling several cases at the Station 1 and volunteered his services. Parreno said the maids were undergoing counseling through Teresita Ang See’s Kaisa Foundation which helps battered women.


Benjamin Pulta
The Daily Tribune, Page 4
December 07,2009

Katulong kinalbo na plinantsa pa Kaso ulit vs Tsinoy

Isa pang kasambahay ang pormal na nagharap ng sumbong kahapon laban sa bilyonaryong Intsik na si Mariano Tanenglian at sa pamilya nito na nauna nang ipinagharap sa sakdal ng dalawa pa nilang kasambahay kama-kailan.
Ang masakit nito, ang ikatlong biktima ay hindi lang dumanas ng iba’t ibang uri ng pang-aabuso, kundi kinalbo pa ang buhok nito, saka plinantsa ang likurang bahagi ng katawan.

Ang ikatlong biktima, si Gina Renacia, 33, ay pormal na nagharap ng sumbong sa Department od Justice, laban sa bilyonaryong akusado na si Mariano Tanenglian, asawa nitong si Aleta Adeline at anak nilang si Junjun Tanenglian.
“It appears that herein victim Renacia, then a 15-year old minor, was formerly employed as housemaid at the residence of the afore-named respondents. Investigation disclosed that sometime in November 1992, victim Renacia, while working as “kasambahay” at the said abode, suffered physical and mental abused from the afore-named respondents thereby causing physical and emotional distress upon her person.” Sabi sa laman ng sumbong.
Si Renacia ay nagbigay rin ng salaysay kay SPO1 Florence A. Costanilla ng Women’s Desk.

Ayon sa sumbong, matagal nang naninilbihan bilang kasambahay ang biktima sa pamilya Tanenglian at sa tuwing nagkakamali umano ito sa gawaing bahay, sinasampal siya ng mga ito sa magkakahiwalay na pahkakataon at kung minsan ay kinakalbo rin ang kanyang ulo.

November 1992, ayon pa sa biktima, nang pasuin ng plantsa ni Mrs. Tanenglian ang likod ng biktima dahilan para isugod siya sa Philippine General Hospital.
Matatandaan na dalawa pang kasambahay ang nagharap ng sumbong sa Quezon City police laban sa pamilya Tanenglian dahil sa pang-aabuso at pangmamaltrato ng mga ito sa kanila.

Si Mariano, ay kapatid ng business tycoon na si Luco Tan isa rin ito sa sinasabing isa sa 20 pinaka mayamang tao sa bansa.

Ang isa sa mga kasambahay ay tumakas sa pamilya Tanenglian, habang ang isang biktima naman ay ni-rescue sa mansiyon ng mga Tan sa #30 Biak na Bato St., corner Dapitan St., Sto. Domingo ng nasabing lungsod.

Nauna nang nagharap ng pormal na sumbong ang dalawang biktima na tinukoy sa pangalang Mary Jane Sollano, 18, tubong Zamboanga del Sur, at Aljane Bacanto, 19, mula sa Leyte.
Sila ay sinamahan ng abogadong si Al Parreno sa QCPD station 1 para ipagharap ng sakdal ang pamilya Tanenglian.

Si Sollano ay may limang taon nang naninilbihan bilang kasambahay ng pamilya Tanenglian, habang si bacanto naman ay may tatlong taon nang namasukan bilang ‘maid’ ng mga suspek.

Ang magulang ni Sollano ay nagpasaklolo na rin sa Commission on Human Rights at sa Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Sinabi naman ni Atty. Parreno ng Diaz, Parreno, and Caringal Law Office na personal niyang hinawakan ang kaso ng mga biktima dahil marami na umano siyang nahawakang kaso mula sa QCPD station 1.

Ang abogado, ang mga biktima ay nasa ilalim ngayon ng ‘counseling’ sa tulong ng Teresita Ang See’s Kaisa Foundation na may adbokasiyang tulungan ang mga inaabusong kababaihan sa bansa.


Remate, Pahina 5
Disyembre 7, 2009

Maid Kinalbo, plinantsa ng amo

Kalunos-lunos ang sinapit ng isang kasambahay dahil bukod umano sa labis na pagmamaltrato sa kanya ng pamilya ng bilyonaryong Intsik, kinalbo pa ang buhok nito saka plinantsa ang likurang bahagi ng katawan.

Ang biktima, si Gina Renacia, 33, ay pormal na nagharap ng sumbong sa Department of Justice, laban sa bilyonaryong akusado na si Mariano Tanenglian, asawa nitong si Aleta Adeline at anak nilang si Junjun Tanenglian.

Nabatid na ang biktimang si Renacia ay dumanas ng pisikal at mental na pag-abuso mula sa mga nabanggit na amo nang siya ay namamasukan bilang katulong noong Nobyembre 1992, at siya ay 15-anyos pa lamang.

Unang idinulog ang reklamo sa Philippine national Police (PNP).

Kabilang sa simapit ng biktimang dati pang menor de edad, ang pananakit sa kanyang katawan, simasampal sa tuwing may pagkakamali at pinupwersang kalbuhin ang sarili at ang pag-paso sa kaniyang likod ng mainit na plantsa hanggang sa maospital siya sa PGH.

Ang isa sa mga kasambahay ay tumakas sa pamilya Tanenglian, habang ang isang biktima naman ay ni-rescue sa mansiyon ng mga Tan sa #30 Biak na Bato St., corner Dapitan St., Sto. Domingo, Q.C.

Nauna nang nagharap ng pormal na sumbong ang dalawang biktima na tinukoy sa pangalang Mary Jane Sollano, 18, tubong Zamboanga, at Aljane Bacanto, 19, mula sa Leyte.

Si Sollano ay may limang Taon nang nanilbihan bilang kasambahay habang si Bacanto naman ay may tatlong taon nang namasukan dito.

Ang mga biktima ay nasa ilalim ngayon ng ‘counselling’ sa tulong ng Teresita Ang See’s Kaisa Foundation.


Pilipino Star Ngayon, Pahina 3
Disyembre 7, 2009

Tsinoy kinasuhan ng 1 pang maid

Isa pang inabusong katulong ng pamilya Tanenglian ang pormal ding nagharap ng reklamong maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide sa Department of Justice kahapon ng umaga.

Personal na naghain ng demanda ang biktimang si Aljane Bacanto, 19, tubong Leyte at namamasukan sa negosyanteng si Mariano Tanenglian, kapatid ni Lucio Tan; Aleta Tanenglian, maybahay ni Mariano at mga anak na sina Maximilian at Fayette na nagmaltrato at nanakit sa kanya.

Sa unang mga araw lang umano naging maayos ang tratos sa kanya hanggang sa lumabas na ang tunay na ugali ng pamilya Tanenglian kung saan nakaranas siya ng pagmamalupit at hindi makataong trato.

Kabilang sa pagmamalupit na ginawa sa kanya ng mga dating amo ang pagkukulong sa kanya sa kuwarto, hindi pinakakain ng maayos at binubugbog din siya ng mag-iina.

Una nang naghain ng mga kasong kriminal laban sa nasabing pamilya ang 18-anyos na si Mary Jane Sollano, tubong Bigong Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur, kaugnay sa pagmamaltrato, na naranasan sa loob umano ng limang taon mula Hunyo 9, 2004 nang siya’y 13 anyos pa lang hanggang Agosto 9, 2009.

Ilan pang respondents na hindi pinangalanan ang kasama sa inireklamo, bukod sa pamilya Tanenglian, na pawing residente ng no. 30 Biak na Bato corner Dapitan Sts., Sto. Domingo, Quezon City kung saan siya naging stay-in housemaid.

Natuldukan lang ang paghihirap ng biktima nang isa sa kasamahang katulong na nakatakas ay nagsumbong sa mga magulang ng biktima dahil sa pagkukulong sa kanya o hindi pinalalabas, hindi pinagagamit ng telepono o cellphone, hindi pinapanood ng telebisyon o kahit makipag-ugnayan sa magulang, hindi pinapakain at naisasalba lang ang sarili sa pamamagitan ng pagnanakaw niya (biktima) ng pagkain ng aso.

Bukod pa ito sa paglapastangan sa katawan ng biktima na madalas ay pinagtatrabaho nang nakahubad.

Binawlan din ang biktima na ‘tumawa’, umupo sa upuan ng mga amo, sumilip sa bintana, magbasa at magsulat.

Naranasan niya din ang sakalin, tadyakan sa katawan, iuntog sa pader sa kaunting pagkakamali sa trabaho kahit walang sweldo.

Nang magpaalam ay hindi pinayagan bagkus ay pinilit na pumirma sa bagong kontrata bilang katulong.

“Pinapasok ako nina Ate Aleta at Ate Fayette sa kuwarto, pinahuhubad ako ng damit pang-itaas, shorts, bra, panty, tapos kinukuhanan nila ako ng picture,” ayon sa salaysay ng biktima.

Nang magnakaw ng pagkain ng amo, nahuli umano siya at doon binuhusan ng mainit ang kamay at pati na rin ang pagtadyak sa katawan, sabunot, kinadena ang dalawang kamay patalikod at kinadena pati leeg.

Naging dahilan ito upang mai-rescue ang biktima s tulong ng Department of Social Welfare and Development, Commission on Human Rights at Laloma Police Station noong Agosto 10, 2009, dakong alas 11:30 ng umaga.

Source:
Remate
Setyembre 9, 2009
Page 5

Tan brother faces another abuse charge

Another former maid of the Mariano Tanenglian household has filed criminal charges against him and his immediate family for alleged maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide.

Aljane Bacanto, 19, filed a complaint against Tanenglian his wife Aleta and children Marvin and Fayette for the alleged maltreatment she suffered during her three years of being employed as a maid at the Tanenglian’s residence in Quezon City.

Bacanto told of instances of abuse such as when because of extreme hunger, she and a fellow maid had to eat dog food and were beaten up when they were caught.

Tanenglian is a brother of tycoon Lucio Tan with whom he has been at odds over personal and business matters.

Bacanto narrated how she and other maids were neither given food nor their just wages for the long hours of work they put in. She added that they weren’t allowed to go out of the house or talk to anyone on the phone.
The family, she said, would lock the house whenever the Tanenglians would leave.

Lawyer Raymund Quiros, legal counsel for the Tanenglians, said his client is the subject of an orchestrated move to put his client in a bad light.

Quiros, nonetheless, said his clients would be ready to answer all the allegations against them.

Source:
Philippine Daily Inquirer
September 9, 2009
Page A3

Tacloban teener files another complaint against Tanenglian, taipan Lucio Tan’s brother

Another former housemaid has filed criminal complaints before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against businessman Mariano Tanenglian, brother of Taipan Lucio Tan, and members of his family for alleged “maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide.”

Aljane Bacanto, 19, of Tacloban City, Samar filed the charges Tuesday through her counsel, lawyer Al Parreno, against Tanenglian, his wife Aleta and children Maximillian and Fayette.

Bacanto’s fellow maid, Mary Jane Sollano, 18, of Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur had earlier filed a similar complaint before the justice department against the Tanenglian family.

In her affidavit, Bacanto recounted her ordeal at the residence of the Tanenglians in Barangay Siena in Quezon City from May 2006 until she was allowed to go back to their province in February.

“I was detained inside the house. For almost three years, I was never allowed to go out—not even once,” she recalled in Filipino.

Just like Sollano, she was not allowed to call anybody outside the house. She said she was only allowed to write letters to her family in Tacloban, but upon dictation of Fayette who told her never to tell her parents of her situation.

“They made me a slave without salary and enough food,” she claimed, adding there were many instances when she was not able to eat in three consecutive days.

Suffering their hunger, she said, forced her and the other maids to steal food.

According to Bacanto, they were caught stealing several times and were harshly punished by their bosses.

She claimed that she was even forced to eat dog food just to survive.

Bacanto’s testimony supported that of Sollano. She was the one who reported their ordeal to the family of Sollano after she left the Tanenglian’s residence, which led to the rescue of the latter.

Sollano was rescued on August 10 by combined elements of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Quezon City police from the Tanenglian’s residence.

Source:
The Manila Times
September 9, 2009
Page A7

Another maid sues Tanenglian

Another maid is suing Mariano Tanenglian and his family for abuse and other forms of maltreatment while working in the household since 2006 until she was allowed to leave last February.

Assisted by her lawyer Al Parreno, Aljane Bacanto, 19 years old, of Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte, charged Tanenglian, his wife Aleta and children Maximillian and Fayette also for serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide.

Bacanto was responsible for the rescue from the Tanenglian residence in Siena, Quezon City, of colleague, Mary Jane Sollano, who has filed a similar criminal complaint against the Tanenglian family last Aug. 27 before the Justice Department.

“I was detained inside the house. For almost three years, I was never allowed to go out—not even once,” she said, in Filipino.

While she was allowed to write her family in Tacloban, Bacanto said Fayette warned her against talking about her situation at work.

“They made me a slave without salary and enough food.”

Bacanto said this deprivation of food made them steal food and when caught were mauled by Aleta, Fayette and Maximillian.

Sollano, who had been working for the Tanenglians since 2004, was rescued last Aug. 10 by the Quezon City policemen along with staff from the Commission on Human Rights and the Social Welfare Department.

Fearing she was dead, her parents learned of their daughter’s whereabouts only through Bacanto.

The father then sought the help of friends and private lawyers who raised Sollano’s complaint before the commission.

In her affidavit citing unusual punishment, Sollano said Fayette put her hands in scalding water when found eating, including instances of sexual abuse.

“They would hit me... 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.”
Sollano alleged that Fayette and Aleta once brought her to a room to take her pictures without her clothes on.

She said her two-year contract ended in 2006 but was made to sign another one without knowing that it covered an additional two-year period.

Source:
Manila Standard Today
September 9, 2009
Page A3

1 pang maid nagreklamo vs amo

Upang pagtibayin umano ang patung-patong na kaso laban sa negosyanteng si Mariano Tanenglian, naghain na rin ng hiwalay na kaso ng pangmamaltrato ang isa pang kasambahay ng pamilya sa Department of Justice (DOJ).

Sa reklamo ni Aljane Bacanto, 19-anyos, tubong Leyte, sinabi nito na lumantad na rin sya at walang takot na haharapin ang dating mga amo upang makakuha ng hustisya mula sa pagmamalupit na naranasan nito, aniya, sa pagmamaltrato na kanyang natanggap sa pamilya ay nagka-trauma na ito at takot nang mamasukan muli.

Sa kanyang salaysay, sinabi nito na namasukan siya sa pamilya Tanenglian noong Mayo 2006, noong una ay naging maayos umano ang pakikitungo sa kanya ng buong pamilya subalit nang lumipas na ang ilang araw ay saka niya nakita at naranasan ang pagmamalupit ng mga ito.

Kabilang sa pagmamalupit na ginawa umano ng dating mga amo ay ikinukulong sa kuwarto, hindi pinapakain ng maayos, hindi pinaaalis ng bahay, bawal ang day-off at sinasaktan sa konting pagkakamali.

Kasong maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide ang inihain ni Bacanto sa DOJ laban sa pamilya Tanenglian.

Matatandaan na una nang naghain ng parehas na reklamo sa DOJ ang isa pang kasambahay ng pamilya Tanenglian na si Mary Jane Solano Dequit, tubong Bigong Tigbao, Zamboanga Del Sur.

Source:
Abante
Setyembre 9, 2009
Page 3

Another maid files criminal charges vs Mariano Tan

Another housemaid of Mariano Tanenglian, estranged brother of business tycoon Lucio Tan, filed criminal complaints before the Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday against her former employer.

Accompanied by lawyer Al Parreno, 19-year-old Aljane Bacanto sought the indictment of Tanenglian, his wife Aleta and children Maximillian and Fayette for supposed “maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide.” Bacanto’s fellow maid who was earlier rescued by authorities, Mary Jane Sollano, already filed at the DOJ a similar complaint against the family last Aug. 27 alleging exactly the same violations.

In her affidavit, Bacanto recounted her ordeal at the residence of the Tanenglian in Barangay Siena in Quezon City from May 2006 until she was allowed to go back to their province last February. “I was detained inside the house. For almost three years, I was never allowed to go out – not even once,” she recalled in Filipino.

Just like Sollano, she was not allowed to call anybody outside the house. She said she was only allowed to write letters to her family in Tacloban, but upon dictation of Fayette who told her never to tell her parents of her situation. “They made me a slave without salary and enough food,” she alleged.
Bacanto revealed that she was only given food whenever her employers were satisfied with her job. She said the refrigerators in the house were padlocked and that there were many instances when she was not able to eat for three consecutive days. This deprivation of food prompted the maids to try to steal food. But she said they were caught stealing several times and were harshly punished by their bosses. She said she was mauled several times by Aleta, Fayette and Maximillian.

She said she was even forced to eat dog food just to survive.

In response, the camp of Tanenglian downplayed the allegation as “part of a bigger picture.”

“I think it’s obvious that someone big instigated this action. If the maid (Bacanto) was able to go home to her province last February then how can she claim that she was being detained? And how come this story is only surfacing now?” Tanenglian’s lawyer Raymund Quiroz said in a phone interview.

“As we all know somebody is trying to stop our client from testifying at the Sandiganbayan,” he added, apparently referring to the case against Tan where Tanenglian is reportedly planning to testify for the prosecution. Still, Quiroz said they would answer all the charges once they receive a copy of the complaint.

Testimony
Bacanto’s testimony supported that of Sollano. She was the one who reported their ordeal to the family of Sollano after she left Tanenglian’s house, which led to the rescue of the latter.

It can be recalled that Sollano has earlier detailed how she suffered “physical and mental abuses” in the hands of the Tanenglian family from July 2004 up to Aug. 10 when she was rescued by authorities.

While inside the house of the Tanenglians, she said she and other house helpers 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.” Even on her first month, Sollano said she already had a taste of the family’s ill treatment. “I was not yet familiar with my job so Ate Aleta got mad and slapped me in the face many times. Since then, they would instantly hurt me for every small mistake I make,” she recalled in Filipino.

“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,” she claimed. She said she tried to escape by asking permission to go to their home province in Zamboanga del Sur but her employers would not allow her. She was told that she had to finish her two-year contract and to just endure the punishments.

When her contract ended in 2006, Aleta supposedly called a lawyer and told the housemaid to sign a new contract without reading its contents. She only learned later on that she signed another contract for another two years of service in the house.

Sollano admitted that there came a point when she could no longer bear her sufferings and pleaded her employer to let her go, but Aleta again denied her saying she still had debts to pay. “I could not do anything but to just follow (them),” she lamented. She recalled how she was given “too much punishment for small mistakes.”

She even recalled an instance where she was brought by Aleta and Fayette inside a room to take 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.

Source:
The Philippine Star
September 9, 2009
Page 19

1 pang maid na minaltrato lumutang

Isa pang kasambahay ng bilyonaryong Tsinoy ang naghain ng reklamo sa Department of Justice (DOJ) kaugnay ng pagmamaltrato din sa kanya.

Sa inihaing reklamo ni Aljane Bacanto, 19, tubong Leyte, sinabi nito na nakaranas din siya ng pambubugbog sa pamilya ni Mariano Tanenglian.

Sa kanyang salaysay sinabi nito na namasukan siya sa pamilya Tanenglian noong 2006, noong una ay naging maayos umano ang pakikitungo sa kanya ng buong pamilya subalit nang lumipas na ang ilang araw ay saka niya nakita at naranasan ang pagmamalupit ng mga ito. Kabilang sa pagmamalupit na ginawa umano ng kanyang mga dating amo ay ang pagkukulong sa kanya sa kwarto at hindi pinapakain ng maayos.

Kasong maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide ang inihain ni Bacanto.

Matatandaan na una nang naghain ng parehas na reklamo sa DOJ ang isa pang kasambahay ng pamilya Tanenglian na itinago sa pangalang Beth, 18-anyos.
Si Beth ay una nang nasagip sa tahanan ng pamilya Tanenglian sa Brgy Siena Quezon City matapos na ipagbigay-alam ni Aljane sa pamilya nito ang nararanasang pagmamalupit.

Nakipagkoordina ang pamilya ni Beth sa mga awtoridad at isang operasyon ang inilunsad kung saan ito nasagip. Kapwa desidido ang dalawang biktimang katulong na ituloy ang kaso laban sa kanilang mga amo.

Source:
Pilipino Star Ngayon
Setyembre 9, 2009
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1 pang kasambahay naghain ng kaso vs negosyante

Upang pagtibayin umano ang mga kaso laban sa negosyanteng si Mariano Tanenglian, naghain na rin ng hiwalay na kaso ng pangmamaltrato ang isa pang kasambahay ng pamilya sa Department of Justice (DOJ).

Sa reklamo ni Aljane Bacanto, 19-anyos, tubong Leyte, sinabi nito na lumantad na rin siya at walang takot na haharapin ang dating mga amo upang makakuha ng hustisya mula sa pagmamalupit na naranasan nito sa pamilya kung saan ay nagka-trauma na ito at takot nang mamasukan muli.

Sa kanyang salaysay, sinabi nito, na namasukan siya sa pamilya Tanenglian noong Mayo 2006, noong una ay naging maayos umano ang pakikitungo sa kanya ng buong pamilya subalit nang lumipas na ang ilang araw ay saka niya nakita at naranasan ang pagmamalupit ng mga ito.

Kabilang sa pagmamalupit na ginawa umano ng kanyang mga dating amo ay ikinukulong siya sa kuwarto, hindi pinapakain ng maayos, hindi pinaaalis ng bahay, bawal ang day-off at madalas siyang pagbuhatan ng kamay sa kaunti lamang na pagkakamali.

Kasong maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide ang inihain ni Bacanto sa DOJ laban sa pamilya Tanenglian.

Source:
Abante Tonite
September 9, 2009
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Tanenglian kinasuhan ng isa pang kasambahay

Nagtungo kahapon sa Department of Justice (DOJ) ang isa pang kasambahay ng negosyanteng si Mariano Tanenglian, kapatid ng negosyanteng si Lucio Tan, at pormal na naghain ng reklamo laban sa umano’y pagmamaltrato sa kanila ng kanilang amo.

Batay sa inihaing reklamo ni Aljane Bacanto, 19, tubong Leyte, sinabi nito na nakaranas umano sila ng pagmamalupit at pambubugbog mula sa pamilya Tanenglian mula nang mamasukan noong 2006.

Noong una aniya ay naging maayos naman ang pakikitungo ng mga ito sa kanya ngunit sa paglipas ng mga araw ay nag-iba na umano ang pagtrato ng mga ito sa kanya.
Kabilang sa pagmamalupit na ginawa umano ng kanyang mga dating amo sa kanya ay ikinukulong sa kwarto, at hindi pinapakain ng maayos.

Kasong maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide ang inihain ni Bacanto laban sa pamilya Tanenglian.

Una nang naghain ng katulad na reklamo sa DOJ ang isa pang kasambahay na si Beth, 18, tubong Bigong Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur, at nagsampa ng kasong maltreatment, slavery, serious illegal detention at frustrated homicide laban sa pamilya Tanenglian.

Kabilang sa mga kinasuhan nito ay sina Mariano, asawa nitong si Aleta, at mga anak na si Maximilian at Fayette Tanenglian, na pawang mga residente ng No. 30 Biak na Bato corner Dapitan Sts. Brgy. Siena, Quezon City.

Source:
Police Files
September 9, 2009
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Another maid files slavery raps vs Chinoy billionaire

Another housemaid of Chinoy billionaire Mariano Tanenglian, brother of business tycoon Lucio Tan, yesterday filed slavery charges, among others, against her employers before the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Aljane Bacanto, 19, filed charges of maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide against Tanenglian, his wife Aleta as well as children Maximillian and Fayette.

Bacanto’s fellow maid Mary Jane Sollano earlier filed similar charges also before the DOJ against the same respondents.

In her affidavit, Bacanto recounted her ordeal at the hands of the Tanenglians in Brgy. Siena, Quezon City, which she claimed started last May 2006 until she was allowed to go back to their province last February. “I was detained inside the house. For almost three years, I was not allowed to go out – not even once,” partly read her affidavit, written in Tagalog.

Bacanto echoed Sollano’s revelation that they were virtually cut “from the outside world” when they were not even allowed to call anybody outside of their employers’ house.
Yesterday’s complainant said she was only allowed to write letters to her family but upon dictation from Fayette who wanted her not to reveal her ordeal to her parents.

“They made me a slave without salary and enough food,” Bacanto claimed.
She said the refrigerators in the house were padlocked and there were occasions that they were not fed anything for three consecutive days. The maid disclosed that they were forced to steal food from the kitchen. When they were caught once, they were beaten black and blue by their employers, most notably Aleta, Fayette and Maximillian.

The complainant said she was even forced to eat dog food just to survive.
Bacanto’s testimony supported that of Sollano. She was the one who reported their ordeal to the family of Sollano after she left Tanenglian’s house, which led to the rescue of the latter.

Sollano earlier detailed how she suffered “physical and mental abuses” in the hands of the Tanenglian family from July 2004 up to Aug. 10 when she was rescued by authorities.

While inside the house of the Tanenglians, the maids were allegedly “not allowed to use the telephone or cellphone, 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.

In her first month, Sollano said she already had a taste of the family’s ill treatment. “I was not yet familiar with my job so Ate Aleta got mad and slapped me in the face many times. Since then, they would instantly hurt me for every small mistake I make,” she recalled in Filipino.

“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,” she claimed.

When her contract ended in 2006, Aleta supposedly called a lawyer and told the housemaid to sign a new contract without reading its contents. She only learned later on that she signed another contract for another two years of service in the house. “I could not do anything but to just follow (them),” she lamented, adding she was given “too much punishment for small mistakes.”
She even recalled an instance where she was brought by Aleta and Fayette inside a room to take 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 night club 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 Aug.10.

Fearing she was dead, her parents learned of their daughter’s whereabouts only through the help of Bacanto.

The father then sought the help of friends and private lawyers who then brought them to the Commission on Human Rights to seek assistance from authorities.

Source:
People's Tonight
September 9, 2009
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1 pang kasambahay nagreklamo sa DOJ

Nagreklamo sa Department of Justice ang isa pang kasambahay ng negosyanteng si Mariano Tanenglian ng umano’y pagmamaltrato.

Personal na naghain ng reklamo si Aljane Bacanto, 19, tubong Leyte at namamasukan sa pamilya Tanenglian (kapatid ng Taipan na si Lucio Tan); at Aleta, maybahay ni Mariano.

Sinabi ni Bacanto na sa unang mga araw lamang umano naging maayos ang trato sa kanya, hanggang sa lumabas ang tunay na ugali ng pamilya at naranasan niya ang umano’y pagmamalupit at di makataong pagtrato.

Sinabi ni Bacanto na ikinulong siya ng kanyang mga amo sa kwarto, hindi pinakakain ng maayos at binubugbog pa.

Unang nagsampa ng kasong kriminal sa pamilya Tanenglian si Mary Jane Sollano, 18, tubong Bigong, Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur. Ayon kay Sollano, minaltrato siya sa loob ng limang taon, nang siya ay 13-anyos pa lamang. Naganap umano ito simula Hunyo 9, 2004 hanggang Agosto 9, 2009.

Ilan pang respondents na hindi pinangalanan ang kasama sa inireklamo, na mga residente ng Biak na Bato corner Dapitan sa Santo Domingo, Quezon City.

Source:
Bandera
September 9, 2009
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Tsinoy kinasuhan ng 1 pang maid

Isa pang inabusong katulong ng pamilya Tanenglian ang pormal ding nagharap ng reklamong maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide sa Department of Justice kahapon ng umaga.

Personal na naghain ng demanda ang biktimang si Aljane Bacanto, 19, tubong Leyte at namamasukan sa negosyanteng si Mariano Tanenglian, kapatid ni Lucio Tan; Aleta Tanenglian, maybahay ni Mariano at mga anak na sina Maximilian at Fayette na nagmaltrato at nanakit sa kanya.

Sa unang mga araw lang umano naging maayos ang tratos sa kanya hanggang sa lumabas na ang tunay na ugali ng pamilya Tanenglian kung saan nakaranas siya ng pagmamalupit at hindi makataong trato.

Kabilang sa pagmamalupit na ginawa sa kanya ng mga dating amo ang pagkukulong sa kanya sa kuwarto, hindi pinakakain ng maayos at binubugbog din siya ng mag-iina.

Una nang naghain ng mga kasong kriminal laban sa nasabing pamilya ang 18-anyos na si Mary Jane Sollano, tubong Bigong Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur, kaugnay sa pagmamaltrato, na naranasan sa loob umano ng limang taon mula Hunyo 9, 2004 nang siya’y 13 anyos pa lang hanggang Agosto 9, 2009.

Ilan pang respondents na hindi pinangalanan ang kasama sa inireklamo, bukod sa pamilya Tanenglian, na pawing residente ng no. 30 Biak na Bato corner Dapitan Sts., Sto. Domingo, Quezon City kung saan siya naging stay-in housemaid.

Natuldukan lang ang paghihirap ng biktima nang isa sa kasamahang katulong na nakatakas ay nagsumbong sa mga magulang ng biktima dahil sa pagkukulong sa kanya o hindi pinalalabas, hindi pinagagamit ng telepono o cellphone, hindi pinapanood ng telebisyon o kahit makipag-ugnayan sa magulang, hindi pinapakain at naisasalba lang ang sarili sa pamamagitan ng pagnanakaw niya (biktima) ng pagkain ng aso.

Bukod pa ito sa paglapastangan sa katawan ng biktima na madalas ay pinagtatrabaho nang nakahubad.

Binawlan din ang biktima na ‘tumawa’, umupo sa upuan ng mga amo, sumilip sa bintana, magbasa at magsulat.

Naranasan niya din ang sakalin, tadyakan sa katawan, iuntog sa pader sa kaunting pagkakamali sa trabaho kahit walang sweldo.

Nang magpaalam ay hindi pinayagan bagkus ay pinilit na pumirma sa bagong kontrata bilang katulong.

“Pinapasok ako nina Ate Aleta at Ate Fayette sa kuwarto, pinahuhubad ako ng damit pang-itaas, shorts, bra, panty, tapos kinukuhanan nila ako ng picture,” ayon sa salaysay ng biktima.

Nang magnakaw ng pagkain ng amo, nahuli umano siya at doon binuhusan ng mainit ang kamay at pati na rin ang pagtadyak sa katawan, sabunot, kinadena ang dalawang kamay patalikod at kinadena pati leeg.

Naging dahilan ito upang mai-rescue ang biktima s tulong ng Department of Social Welfare and Development, Commission on Human Rights at Laloma Police Station noong Agosto 10, 2009, dakong alas 11:30 ng umaga.

Source:
Remate
Setyembre 9, 2009
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Another housemaid sues billionaire employer

Another housemaid of businessman Mariano Tanenglian yesterday filed charges against him and his family before the Department of Justice.

Aljane Bacanto, 19, filed maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide charges against Tanenglian, his wife Aleta and children Maximillian and Fayette, all of Bgy. Siena, Quezon City.

Bacanto said she was detained and was never allowed to go out of the house in her three years of employment.

She confirmed fellow housemaid Mary Jane Sollano’s statement that the Tanenglians virtually cut them from the outside world, prohibiting them from calling anybody.

Bacanto said she was only allowed to write letters to her family but upon dictation of Fayette who warned her not to tell her parents about her situation.

“They made me a slave without salary and enough food,” she said.

She added the refrigerators were padlocked and sometimes they were not fed for three days prompting them to steal food.

However, they were beaten black and blue when caught particularly by Aleta, Fayette and Maximillian. She said there was a time that she was forced to eat dog food just to survive.

After leaving the Tanenglian household in February, Bacato immediately alerted Sollano’s parents which led to the latter’s rescue last month.

Sollano was the first to file charges against the Tanenglians.

Source:
Fernando M. Cariaso
People’s Journal
September 9, 2009
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Another maid files maltreatment charges vs Tanenglian family

A 19-year-old woman yesterday filed criminal charges before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Lucio Tan’s brother Mariano Tanenglian, his wife and two children for allegedly maltreating her while working as their house help for at least three years.

Aljane Bacanto, a resident of Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte, was the one who helped authorities rescue her fellow housemaid Mary Jane Sollano on August 10.

Bacanto filed charges of maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide two weeks after Sollano filed her separate complaint against the Tanenglians.

Aside from Mariano, the housemaids named his wife Aleta, and children Fayette and Maximilian as respondents.

In her complaint-affidavit, Bacanto recounted that she started working as a maid in the Tanenglian household in May 2006 until February this year, when she was allowed to return to her province.

During her three-year stay with the Tanenglians, Bacanto claimed that she and the other housemaids were not allowed to go out, use the telephone and other facilities of the house.

She said her employers would always make sure that the doors were locked and that there were guards outside to prevent them from escaping.

Bacanto added that although she was allowed to write letters to her family, the Tanenglians would dictate what to tell her family.

She said her workday starts as early as 4 a.m and lasts until 12 midnight, and that she and other house help were not given enough food and water.

“We were not allowed to laugh, chat and rest or even use the telephone, radio and television,” Bacanto added.

The complainant added that she was only given food whenever her employers were satisfied with her job and that even the refrigerators were padlocked.

Bacanto said the Tanenglians would beat them up whenever they were caught eating the family’s food or using cellular phones or listening to the radio.

“If we fell asleep during work hours, they would hurt us. There were times that we were not able to eat for three consecutive days, prompting us to steal food. When they caught us, we were severely beaten,” she said.

Bacanto’s statement supported that of Sollano. She was the one who reported their ordeal to the family of Sollano after she left Tanenglian’s house, which led to the rescue of the latter.

Bacanto said she was allowed to return to Tacloban in February 2009 by her employers, who gave her P8,000 for her mother.

Source:
Joel San Juan
Business Mirror
September 8, 2009

Utol ni Lucio Tan niresbakan ng kasambahay

Magsasagawa ang Commission on Human Rights (CHR) ng masusing imbestigasyon ukol sa umano’y pisikal at mental na pang-aabuso ng kapatid ni Chinese billionaire Lucio Tan na si Mariano Tanenglian sa kanyang kasambahay.
Habang isinasagawa ang imbestigasyon, pag-aaralan din ng CHR kung hihilingin sa Bureau of Immigration (BI) na maglabas ito ng hold departure order (HDO) laban sa suspek, ayon kay Atty. Carmelita Rosete, pinuno ng CHR Protection and Monitoring Division.

Ayon kay Rosete, sisisilip ng CHR ang anggulong paglabag sa karapatang pambata at child trafficking sa kaso ni Mary Jane Sollano, na nailigtas sa tahanan ni Tanenglian ng pinagsanib na pwersa ng CHR, Department of Social Welfare and Development at Quezon City Police District.
“Sollano was a minor when she was recruited five years ago, “ paliwanag ni Rosete.

Nang ma-rescue, puro paltos ang mga kamay ni Sollano dahil sa mainit na tubig na ibinuhos ni Tanenglian.

Nagsampa na si Sollano ng kasong kriminal na maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide sa Department of Justice (DOJ) laban kay Tanenglian, sa asawa nitong si Aletta at mga anak nilang sina Maximillian at Fayette.

Sa kanyang tatlong pahinang affidavit, idinetalye ni Sollano kung paano siya dumanas ng pisikal at mental na pang-aabuso mula sa pamilya Tanenglian sa kanilang tahanan sa Bgy. Siena sa Quezon City mula Hulyo 2004 hanggang Agosto 10, 2009.

Ayon kay Sollano, pinagbawalan siya at iba pang kasambahay na gumamit ng telepono, cellphone, tumawa, maupo sa mga upuan ng pamilya, tumingin sa labas ng bintana, manood ng TV, kumain anumang oras, matulog at magpahinga hanggang hindi natatapos ang trabaho, at magbasa ng anumang babasahin o magsulat.
Sa unang buwan niya sa trabaho, sinabi ni Sollano na nakarana na siya ng pagmamaltrato mula sa pamilya Tanenglian.

Sinubukan ni Sollano na magpaalam para makauwi na sa kanyang probinsya sa Zamboanga del Sur ngunit hindi siya pinayagan ng mga amo dahil sa kailangan niyang tapusin ang dalawang taong kontrata.

Nang matapos ang kanyang kontrata noong 2006, tumawag umano si Aleta sa isang abogado at sinabihan si Sollano na pumirma ng kontrata nang hindi binabasa ang nilalaman nito. Huli na nang malaman niyang pumirma siya sa panibagong dalawang taong kontrata para magsilbi sa pamilya Tanenglian.
Nakiusap si Sollano na payagan na siyang umalis ngunit sinabi ni Aleta na may babayaran pa siyang utang.

“I could not do anything but to just follow (them),” wika ni Sollano.

Source:
Bagong Tiktik
Setyembre 2, 2009
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Sampulan ang mga abusadong bigtime na bossing!

Tama ang desisyon ng Commission on Human Rights (CHR) na imbestigahan ang negosyanteng si Mariano Tanenglian na inireklamo ng kanyang atsay ng pananakit at pagmamalupit.

Karaniwan kasing kinakasuhan lamang ay ang mga ordinaryong mamamayan kapag sinaktan ang mga katulong pero ang mga multi-milyonaryo ay karaniwang nakatatakas sa pananagutan sa batas.

Nailigtas kasi ng pinagsanib na puwersa ng CHR, DSWD at QC Police ang biktimang si Mary Jane Sollano kung saan lapnos ang mga kamay nito makaraang buhusan ng mainit na tubig ng among si Tanenglian.

Isinampa ng biktima ang kasong kriminal sa kanyang amo kabilang ang maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery, at frustrated homicide sa DOJ kasama ang asawa at dalawa pang anak.

Sa isang affidavit, idinetalye ni Mary Jane ang pang-aabuso at pang-aalipin kung saan hindi siya pinagagamit ng telepono, ipinagbabawal sa kanya ang pagtawa, hiindi pinayagan na maupo sa upuan ng pamilya, bawal tumingin sa labas ng bintana, bawal manood ng TV, bawal magkukot ng pagkain anumang oras na gusto niya, bawal magbasa ng babasahin at bawal din ang magsulat.

Naganap ang pagmamaltrato mula pa noong Hulyo 2004 nang siya ay menor-de-edad pa lamang kung saan pinapirma siya ng ekstensiyon ng kontrata nang hindi niya naiintindihan kaya’t umabot siya ng mahigit limang taon sa pang-aabuso.

Ilan pa kayang Mary Jane ang patuloy na inaabuso ng malulupit na amo sa mga eksklusibong tirahan ng mga multi-milyonaryo sa ating bansa?
Ilan kaya?

Source:
Bulgar
Setyembre 2, 2009
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Tanenglian lagot sa CHR

Magsasagawa ang Commission on Human Rights (CHR) ng masusing imbestigasyon ukol sa umano’y pisikal at mental na pang-aabuso na ipinataw ng Chinese billionaire na si Mariano Tanenglian sa kanyang kasambahay.

Habang isinasagawa ang imbestigasyon, pag-aaralan din ng CHR kung hihilingin sa Bureau of Immigration (BI) na maglabas ito ng hold-departure order laban sa suspect, ayon kay Atty. Carmelita Rosete, pinuno ng CHR Protection and Monitoring Division.

Ayon kay Rosete, sinsilip ng CHR ang anggulong paglabag sa karapatang pambata at child trafficking sa kaso ni Mary Jane Sollano, na nailigtas sa tahanan ni Tanenglian ng pinagsanib na puwersa ng CHR, Department of Social Welfare and Development at Quezon City Police District.

Nang ma-rescue, puro paltos ang mga kamay ni Sollano dahil sa mainit na tubig na ibinuhos umano ni Tanenglian.

Nagsampa na si Sollano ng kasong kriminal na maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide sa Department of Justice (DOJ) laban kay Tanenglian, sa asawa nitong si Aleta at mga anak na sina Maximillian at Fayette.

Sa kanyang tatlong pahinang affidavit, idinetalye ni Sollano kung paano siya dumanas ng pisikal at mental na pang-aabuso mula sa pamilyang Tanenglian sa kanilang tahanan sa Bgy. Siena sa Quexon City mula July 2004 hanggang Aug. 10.

Ayon kay Sollano, pinagbawalan siya at iba pang kasambahay na gumamit ng telepono, cellphone, tumawa, maupo sa upuan ng pamilya, tumingin sa labas ng bintana, manood ng TV, kumain ng anumang oras, matulog at magpahinga hanggang hindi natatapos ang trabaho, at magbasa ng anumang babasahin o magsulat.

Sa unang buwan niya sa trabaho, sinabi ni Sollano na nakaranas na siya agad ng pagmamaltrato mula sa pamilya Tanenglian.

Isinalaysay rin ni Sollano ang isang insidente kung saan dinala siya nina Aleta at Fayette sa isang kuwarto kung saan siya kinunan ng larawan na nakahubad.

Ayon pa kay Sollano, binuhusan ni Fayette ng mainit na tubig ang kanyang mga kamay matapos mahuling kinakain ang pagkain ng amo. Sa isa pang insidente, ikinadena umano ng mga amo ang kanyang mga kamay at leeg.

Source:
Police Files
Setyembre 1, 2009
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