HONG KONG The abuse meted out to Ms Kartika Puspitasari, 40, made headlines a decade ago and sparked protests over the treatment of domestic workers in Hong Kong.
Her employers were convicted and jailed in 2013, with a court told how they waged a two-year campaign of violence and humiliation against her.
Ms Kartika was burned with an iron and beaten with a bike chain, leaving her physically scarred and mentally traumatised.
Her mistreatment came to light only after she sought consular protection, and she eventually returned to Indonesia in 2014 with-out having received any wages.
On Friday, a judge ruled that Ms Kartika was treated inhumanely” and awarded her HK$868,607.
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