Call for justice as Filipina’s body returns from Kuwait


Overcome with grief: Demafelis’ sister Jessica weeping in front of the casket containing her body shortly after its arrival at the international airport in Manila, while brother Jojit (left) and Cayetano (right) look on. — AFP

Iloilo: More than a hundred relatives and supporters of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in Kuwait brandished banners demanding justice as her coffin was returned home.

The family of Joanna Demafelis openly wept as the white casket was unloaded at an airport cargo terminal in the central city of Iloilo.

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