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By Andria Takkidou and Erica Macheriotou
Published on August 11, 2010
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A VIETNAMESE woman is being held by police on allegations of theft, even though the Attorney-general ruled there was no evidence to prosecute her - but in his opinion she should be deported, Action for Equality, Support and Antiracism organisation KISA said yesterday.
KISA said the woman had been employed as a housekeeper by the family for a police officer. The group said she had been forced to put in long hours without any holidays and constantly threatened to be sent home.
She asked her employers if she could resign and they refused, KISA said. They then accused her of theft and called in the police who found no evidence against her, after which she was taken to Larnaca airport to be put on a plane home.
However, KISA said the woman refused to get on the plane against her will. She informed airline staff she didn’t want to leave the country and as there was no deportation order at that stage, she was not obliged to board the aircraft.
According to KISA her employers then took her back to the police and brought up the theft accusations again. Police sought the advice of the Attorney-general who recommended that the case against the woman would not stand up in court.
However, he did recommend that the woman be deported, KISA said, adding that with this move, the Attorney-general had gone beyond his remit.
“This is another case of where the victim is treated as the felon”, said KISA\s Doros Polycarpou. “These women are exploited by their employers and in seeking help from authorities they end up being accused of crimes they never committed”
KISA has filed complaints to the police – as well as the Police Complaints Authority.
Polycarpou said there has been an increase in the number of such cases. He said in many instances, the women’s legal papers are kept from them, they are confined to the house of their employers’, forced to work overtime without holidays or days off, all of which is a clear violation of their human rights, added Polycarpou.
KISA has sent a letter to the Attorney-general and Chief of Police asking for statistics on the number of similar cases in which housekeepers who ask to resign have subsequently been accused of a crime. It is still waiting for a response.

[IMPOSTALIEDUS]

This is happening all over the world, not just in cyprus, you employ a ty or phil or ind, to work thier butt off for the minimum wage , and at the end of the month after they have worked thier fannies off , you don't pay her ,she complains to the authorities , you cry theft she cries sexual harasment, she is deported , the wife does not believe a word, and you can get away with it for a while , untill the second or third time , now your on your third 18 year old maid ,and you realise its cheaper to keep the maid,and within 2 years your house is full off ty or phils or indoe grannies grandads sisters brothers, AND YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IS EMPTY , BUT IT WAS GOOD WHILE IT LASTED

[shahmaran]

She should have chosen the North, less racism and more pay