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5 months’ jail for helper convicted of molesting employer’s 12-year-old daughter

South China Morning Post6 November 2026, 05:30 UTCHong Kong

A Hong Kong court has sentenced a domestic helper to five months in jail for molesting her former employer’s daughter in the family home. Lady Jay Santos Flores, 45, did not submit any mitigation to Kowloon City Court on Friday before she was sentenced on three counts of indecent assault. She sobbed occasionally during the hearing. Flores was convicted last month of molesting the child, who said the Filipino helper had touched her genitals on several occasions between May and June 2025. The...

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