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Police said eleven home workers were arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of “destroying children” and illegal abortions.
Women in the 30s and 40s were collected after at least 28 weeks were found in her employer’s house with the dead fruit.
Police also found that the drugs they suspected were an abortion pill – which led them to 10 other women.
Since then, the charge has been charged, and five have been under bail, and one was detained for further investigation. If he is found guilty of the most serious accusation, the destruction of the child, they can threaten life.
The investigation began in June after the paramedics were summoned to help a 39-year-old home worker who crashed into her employer’s house.
Police said the paramedics found a fruit hidden in a laundry basket that was not born alive.
On interrogation, the woman admitted that she was buying pills from a friend – another foreign home worker.
She was arrested in July when police conducted a number of raids between July 29 and August 8, during which eight more household workers were detained.
Inspector Lam Ho-Yin, from the district crime, Juen Long, said it was not a criminal syndicate. Instead, previous conclusions showed that “a 32-year-old foreign domestic assistant … returned them from another country” and allegedly sold them.
It is unclear what every woman is accused of – whose nationality did not reveal.
Hong Kong’s abortion is legal, but only in strict conditions – less than 24 weeks if the continuation of pregnancy damage the life of the mother, or when health is at risk or in case of serious fetal disorders. Within 24 weeks, abortions can only be done if the mother’s life is at risk.
People found guilty of providing or drug use at abortion may face seven years in prison.
On Friday, police asked employers to make their home workers talk to a healthcare provider when they were pregnant.
According to state statistics, about 368,000 foreign workers are accepted in Hong Kong. Most – about 55% – come from the Philippines and 42% from Indonesia.
Most earn the government monthly minimum wage of $ 4990 ($ 636; £ 473).
