Police deny they raided two Indonesian migrant unions on Saturday, contradicting claims by the Asian Migrant Centre.

Sajida Ally of the Asian Migrant Centre said that three or four policemen went to the offices of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Union and the Hong Kong Coalition of Indonesian Migrant Workers’ Organisations in response to information about overstayers as members prepared for today’s protest.

However, the police say that there was no such raid, and that the claims were “absolutely not true.”

Sajida Ally of the Asian Migrant Centre said that the Centre had not purposely spread the word about the raid to Indonesian protesters.

Indonesian protesters made up a large portion of the approximate 3000 protesters at the march today. They were demanding that the Indonesian consulate in Hong Kong act to stop the prevalent underpayment of domestic helpers and that Hong Kong extend the “two-week rule” that gives domestic helpers two weeks to find a new job after the termination of their contract.
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I plan to ask for a statement from the Indonesian consulate on Monday.