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Doxed and Falsely Arrested: Nana’s Nightmare Working in HK
Nana sat alone in the waiting room, the only one still there after everyone else had left. It had been hours since noon, when she first arrived for her visa application. The approval process felt slow, strange, and wrong. Then, out of nowhere, police appeared and arrested her. The officers claimed her employer had reported that she had stolen HKD 14,000.
Nana was confused and terrified. She was on her period, overwhelmed by fear, and unable to fully understand what was happening because of the language barrier. Although the police found no evidence and released her the next day, the long process, with statements taken in English, Nepali, and Chinese, was exhausting and left her shaken.
The harassment from her employer did not end after her release. Before the arrest, the Nepali employer had doxxed her on Facebook, posting her photo, private details and accusing her of stealing the employer’s belongings. Nana tried to explain herself in the comments, pleading with the employer to remove the post, but it made no difference. In their Nepali community, her reputation was ruined. Her future employment prospects in Hong Kong felt impossible.
Nana had already fled her employer’s house earlier, unable to endure the relentless work pressure and verbal abuse. With STOP’s help, she managed to survive that difficult period, and she decided to fight back. She filed a complaint to the Labour Relations Department, reporting underpayment, lack of food, and being forced to work during holidays. The claims were serious, and the employer eventually paid her the owed money.
After everything she endured, the arrest, the false accusations, the doxxing, the humiliation, and the exhaustion, Nana finally returned home. Her story is not just hers. It echoes the nightmares faced by many Nepali migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong, trapped in a system where power is uneven, dignity is fragile, and survival often depends on the strength to fight back.
Nana 獨坐在移民局等候室裡。當天中午前來辦理簽證申請後，其他人早已離開，唯獨她仍在等待。簽證審批的過程異常緩慢，令她感到困惑又不安。就在毫無預警的情況下，警方突然出現並將她拘捕，表示她的僱主指控她偷了 14,000 港元。
面對突如其來的指控，Nana 感到無比恐懼。當時正值她的月經，加上語言不通，她無法完全理解正在發生的事情。雖然警方最終未能找到任何證據，並於翌日將她釋放，但整個過程漫長而煎熬，警方以英語、尼泊爾語及中文逐一錄取口供，令她身心俱疲，也留下了深深的陰影。
被釋放後，僱主對她的騷擾並未停止。她的尼泊爾裔僱主在 Facebook 上公開她的照片和個人資料，並指控她偷竊財物。Nana 曾在帖文下留言澄清，懇求對方刪除相關內容，卻始終得不到回應。她的名譽在尼泊爾社群中，受到嚴重損害，未來繼續留港工作變得極為困難。
事實上，在拘捕事件發生前，Nana 已因無法承受沉重的工作壓力及長期言語辱罵而逃離僱主住所。在 STOP 團隊的協助下，她渡過了最艱難的日子，並決定挺身而出。她向勞資關係科提出申訴，指控僱主拖欠工資、未有提供足夠食物，以及強迫她在假期工作。有關指控最終獲得跟進，而僱主亦向她付清了所欠的款項。
經歷被拘捕、遭誣告、個人資料被公開、名譽受損，以及長期的精神壓力後，Nana 終於返回家鄉。
然而，這不僅僅是 Nana 一個人的故事。她的經歷反映出許多在港的尼泊爾裔外傭面對的噩夢——權力不對等、尊嚴脆弱，生存要靠勇氣去抗爭的生活。