Pickpockets are everywhere so this incident has to serve as a warning to all overseas Filipino workers (OFW) where ever they are in the world. A money with a sum amounting to HK$4,000 which is supposed to be sent as a remittance back home by an OFW in Hong Kong was taken by a pickpocket without her knowledge. Watch the video and find out who took it.
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In Hong Kong, a 45-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) loses over HK$4,000 to a pickpocket, the money she intended to send for her family back home.
Mary Jane Santiago Olivar a household worker, shared that she passed through the Li Yuen Street East in Central, known by OFWs as “Alley-Alley 2” at 7:44 pm on November 4 to pick up some items at a grocery store in the alley. Without her knowledge, a female thief slips into her bag and took her money.
She was on her way back to her employer’s home when the incident happened.
She said that the thief took more than $ HK4,000, the money she was supposed to remit the money to her family in the Philippines.
Her wallet was later found by another worker on a street in Central containing her Hong Kong ID and ATM card by a person who knew Olivar’s sister.
She said that the thief took more than $ HK4,000, the money she was supposed to remit the money to her family in the Philippines.
Her wallet was later found by another worker on a street in Central containing her Hong Kong ID and ATM card by a person who knew Olivar’s sister.
The OFW immediately went to the authorities and reported about the incident. She also rushed back to the grocery store and requested to review the CCTV footage when the incident has taken place.
Filed under the category of Pickpockets, overseas Filipino workers, remittance, Hong Kong, video
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