KALIBO, Aklan – Police are investigating if the Aklanon overseas worker who died in Hong Kong indeed committed suicide.
According to the report of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO), the female overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from Buruanga, Aklan fell from the fifth floor of a building around 6:30 a.m. on Thursday.
“The 999 emergency ambulance of the Yau Ma Tei Police Station brought her to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after she jumped off from the window of her room. The OFW was immediately operated but passed away around 1 p.m. the same day,” the POLO report read.
“Rest assured that the case will be closely coordinated with the attention for monitoring and updates,” the report added.
Philippine Consul General in Hong Kong Raly Tejada, in a statement, said he will meet the employer of the OFW on Sunday./PN
