Filipina caregiver has freedom speech

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — In response to a request by the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to deport a Filipina caregiver for criticizing President Rodrigo Duterte, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Monday (April 27) rebuffed the request and said that she has a right to freedom of speech. 台北（台灣新聞）—對菲律賓勞工和就業部（DOLE）要求驅逐一名菲律賓外籍看護，台灣外交部（MOFA）週一（4月27日）駁回此處分並指出該外勞也有言論自由的權利。

On Saturday (April 25), Labor Attaché Fidel Macauyag announced that a Filipina working as a caregiver in Taiwan's Yunlin County would be deported for "the crime of cyber libel for [her] willful posting of nasty and malevolent materials against President Duterte on Facebook," reported Rappler. Macauyag said that the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) had coordinated with the woman's broker and employer to arrange for her deportation for violating Act No. 10175, commonly referred to as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. 勞工專員Fidel Macauyag在星期六（4月25日）聲明，雲林縣的菲律賓外籍看護將被驅逐出境，據記者Rappler的報導是因為看護“故意在Facebook上誹謗杜特爾總統 ”。 Macauyag說，菲律賓海外勞工局（POLO）已與該名看護的仲介和雇主協調，因她已違反第10175號法令需驅逐出境，2012年該法律通稱為《網路犯罪預防法》。

That same day, Migrante International came to her defense, denouncing what it described as harassment against the woman dealt out by DOLE and POLO. The organization criticized MECO and DOLE for "bootlicking" Duterte while ignoring the pleas of thousands of "distressed, abused, stranded and neglected OFWs needing to be rescued and assisted." 當天，米格朗特國際組織（Migrante International）為她進行辯護，譴責DOLE和POLO針對婦女族群的權力侵害。該組織批評了MECO和DOLE的“ 對杜特爾拍馬屁，同時無視成千上萬“處於困境，遭受虐待，的人民且忽視海外菲律賓人的需求及訴求。

MOFA on Monday stated that "Taiwan is a sovereign, independent country where foreign workers enjoy treatment as citizens, and their rights and their rights and interests are protected by relevant laws and regulations, including freedom of speech, which should be respected by governments of all countries," reported UDN. It added that "no person or institution, in this case, has the right to pressure her, her employer, or broker, nor shall she be deported without consultations held between both governments." 外交部周一表示：“台灣是一個主權獨立的國家，外勞享有公民待遇，其權利和權益應受到相關法律的保障，包括言論自由，無論各國都應尊重”。UDN記者接著補充：“在這種情況下，任何人或機構均無權向她，她的雇主或仲介施加壓力，未經兩國政府協商，也不得將她(該看護)驅逐出境。”

The woman, who goes by the Facebook handle Linn Silawan, posted a three-minute video on the social media platform in which she complained about the harsh measures imposed by Duterte's government during its lockdown to contain the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country. She questioned if Duterte had thought through the consequences of the government interventions, saying Filipinos "would not die from the virus but from hunger," reported the Inquirer. 該名看護瀏覽Linn Silawan的Facebook後，在社交媒體平台上發布了三分鐘的視頻，內容指責杜特爾(總統)政府在封鎖期間一味以嚴苛措施遏制武漢冠狀病毒（COVID-19）流行。她(看護)質疑杜特爾是否考慮過政府干預的後果，甚至稱菲律賓人“不會死於病毒，而是死於飢餓，” (Inquirer報導)。

She complained about families being unable to receive remittances and urged authorities “not to be too loyal to the President.” She called on them to think of the welfare of their children and families, and to not "just think about the orders of the President."

她也抱怨許多家庭無法收到工資匯款，並呼籲官員“不要都照總統的意思來”。要求政府重視孩童和家庭的福利，而不是“僅僅遵循總統的命令”。