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Formal charge served on ex-envoy to Brazil over maltreatment of aide

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Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/10/26/br.jpg"/><figcaption>Former Philippine ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro was caught on video assaulting her Filipina domestic helper inside the diplomatic residence.<em> Courtesy of Philippine Embassy in Brazil website</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Former Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro was served a complaint Monday morning over her maltreatment of her Filipina domestic helper, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said.</p><p>Locsin, however, did not elaborate on the details of the complaint but said he has sent a memo to President Rodrigo Duterte about it.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/29/20/duterte-oks-probe-vs-ph-envoy-over-helpers-abuse">Duterte OKs probe vs PH envoy over helper&#x27;s abuse</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Charge served on her at 8:25 a.m. today... The Hearing Panel’s report and charge will be passed upon and approved/disapproved by the Board of Foreign Service Administration; and finally by the Secretary. It shouldn’t take too long,&quot; Locsin said in a tweet.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Charge served on her at 8:25 a.m. today. I sent a Memo to the President on it. The Hearing Panel’s report and charge will be passed upon and approved/disapproved by the Board of Foreign Service Administration; and finally by the Secretary. It shouldn’t take too long. <a href="https://t.co/ridQgZKB70">https://t.co/ridQgZKB70</a></p>— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) <a href="https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/1325652363881799680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Presidential Directive no. 2020-196 directed the DFA &quot;to investigate the alleged abusive conduct of the Philippine Ambassador to Brazil.&quot;</p><p>The DFA recalled the envoy from her post late last month after a video of her berating and maltreating her helper was reported by Brazilian news channel GloboNews.</p><p>Mauro&#x27;s acts of abuse were repeatedly caught by CCTV cameras installed inside the diplomatic residence.</p><p>The administrative proceeding against her began with the issuance of a show cause order dated October 28.</p><p>On October 30, Locsin said it is the DFA Human Resources Management Office that is conducting a preliminary investigation and will submit a report to him.</p><p>He explained that he will issue a formal charge prepared by the Office of Treaties and Legal Affairs if there is a &quot;prima facie case&quot;.</p><p>A hearing panel was formed that will submit a report to the Board of Foreign Service Administration for approval or disapproval. Its recommendation will pass through the DFA Secretary who will then submit his recommendation to the President.</p><p>The DFA was given 15 days to report to the Presidential Management Staff, according to Locsin.</p><p>Mauro arrived in the Philippines on November 2, according to Sen. Christopher &quot;Bong&quot; Go.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/03/20/ex-ph-envoy-to-brazil-now-back-home">Ex-PH envoy to Brazil now back home</a></li></ul><p>The domestic helper has also returned to her hometown in South Cotabato and is doing good, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri earlier said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/30/20/ph-envoy-to-brazils-abused-aide-back-in-hometown-doing-good-zubiri">PH envoy to Brazil&#x27;s abused aide back in hometown, doing good: Zubiri</a></li></ul><div><strong>--With reports from Sherrie Ann Torres and Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uywPoQZNSUw?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Former Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro was served a complaint Monday morning over her maltreatment of her Filipina domestic helper, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said.</p>

Former Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro was served a complaint Monday morning over her maltreatment of her Filipina domestic helper, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said.

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Formal charge served on ex-envoy to Brazil over maltreatment of aide

Willard Cheng,

ABS-CBN News

Published Nov 09, 2020 01:19 PM PHT

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