MANILA, Philippines — One of the employers of slain Filipina worker Joanna Demafelis was found guilty of murder, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
According to the DFA, the Syrian District Criminal Court found Syrian national Mouna Ali Hassoun guilty of killing Demafelis.
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"DFA will continue to provide legal assistance to the family until justice is served," the DFA said.
Hassoun is the wife of Lebanese Nader Essam Assaf, who is also charged with murder in Lebanon. The DFA has yet to provide an update on the case of Assaf.
Both Assaf and Hassoun have been sentenced to death by hanging by the Kuwaiti Criminal Court last year. Assaf, being a Lebanese citizen, was turned over to Beirut while his wife Hassoun remained in Damascus.
In February 2018, the body of Demafelis was found inside a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait.
The discovery of the slain Filipina in Kuwait pushed President Rodrigo Duterte to order a deployment ban for Filipinos planning to work in the Gulf state.
The Philippines and Kuwait signed a memorandum of understanding on the employment of domestic workers in May last year following the incident.
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