MANILA, Philippines – The female employer of Filipino household worker Joana Demafelis has been found guilty of murder by the Syrian District Criminal Court, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.
The DFA Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs reported that Mouna Ali Hassoun was handed the guilty verdict for the killing of Demafelis, whose remains were found in a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait in February 2018.
Hassoun was in Syria where she had been in custody since last year.
Her Lebanese husband, Nader Essam Assaf, is also facing a murder charge in Lebanon.
Demafelis was reported missing in 2016. Kuwaiti authorities discovered her remains inside a freezer where she was believed to have been kept for more than a year.
Based on the autopsy report, Demafelis suffered internal bleeding and sustained several broken bones.
The discovery of her remains prompted the previous deployment ban of new Filipino workers to Kuwait.
“DFA will continue to provide legal assistance to the family until justice is served,” the department said.
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