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Body of OFW found in freezer in Kuwait arrives in Iloilo

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/02/17/j2.jpg"/><figcaption>Family and friends gather at the Iloilo airport to await the arrival of the remains of Joanna Demafelis, the Filipina domestic helper found dead in a freezer in Kuwait. <em>Joyce Ann Clavecillas, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The remains of the Filipina domestic helper found in a freezer at an abandoned apartment in Kuwait arrived in Iloilo early Saturday, as her grieving family and community called for justice. </p><p>It was a tragic homecoming for Joanna Demafelis, who left the Philippines in 2014 to work in the Gulf state. She had been missing since September 2016 and was found earlier this month. </p><p>Some 200 people, including family and friends, waited for her arrival at the Iloilo International Airport.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/09/18/bangkay-ng-pinay-na-natagpuan-sa-freezer-sa-kuwait-kilala-na">Bangkay ng Pinay na natagpuan sa freezer sa Kuwait, kilala na </a></li></ul><p>They wore white T-shirts and brought tarpaulins with Demafelis&#x27; picture, seeking justice for the murdered Ilongga.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/02/17/j1.jpg"/><figcaption>It was a tragic homecoming for Joanna Demafelis, the Filipina domestic worker found dead in a freezer in Kuwait earlier this month. Investigation found signs of beating on her body. <em>Joyce Ann Clavecillas, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Around 9 a.m., the wooden casket bearing Demafelis&#x27; corpse was brought to a funeral parlor in Ajuy town. It is expected to be brought to her hometown Sara Sunday afternoon. </p><p>The local government of Sara on Tuesday passed a resolution that condemned the gruesome murder.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/15/18/pinay-na-natagpuan-sa-freezer-sa-kuwait-nagtamo-ng-bugbog-baling-tadyang">Pinay na natagpuan sa freezer sa Kuwait, nagtamo ng bugbog, baling tadyang</a></li></ul><p>Demafelis was found inside a freezer at an abandoned apartment earlier this month, with initial investigation revealing she died of internal bleeding. Her body bore bruises and a broken hipbone. </p><p>Demafelis&#x27; slay, one in a string of deaths of Filipino migrants in Kuwait, angered President Rodrigo Duterte, who has hit the Kuwaiti government for failing to protect Philippine workers there. </p><p>The government has enforced a deployment ban to the Gulf state and encouraged Filipinos there to come home, ruffling ties with Kuwait. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/15/18/labor-chief-defends-duterte-on-ofw-deployment-ban-to-kuwait">Labor chief defends Duterte on OFW deployment ban to Kuwait</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/13/18/kuwait-blasts-dutertes-call-to-evacuate-workers">Kuwait blasts Duterte&#x27;s call to evacuate workers</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/09/18/the-filipino-is-no-slave-duterte-fumes-at-latest-pinay-death-in-kuwait">&#x27;The Filipino is no slave&#x27;: Duterte fumes at latest Pinay death in Kuwait</a></li></ul><div><strong>- reports from Joyce Ann Clavecillas and Regi Adosto, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

<p>The remains of the Filipina domestic helper found in a freezer at an abandoned apartment in Kuwait arrived in Iloilo early Saturday, as her grieving family and community called for justice. <br /> </p>

The remains of the Filipina domestic helper found in a freezer at an abandoned apartment in Kuwait arrived in Iloilo early Saturday, as her grieving family and community called for justice.