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Six days after she was allegedly slapped with a piece of hot pizza, a former staff of the Peterpan Restaurant, a Korean eatery operating in Accra, Cecilia Ampadu, has told Citi News she remains traumatized by the incident.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Restaurant, Young Gyu Lee, has been charged with assault for allegedly assaulting Cecilia, who was a supervisor on duty last week Tuesday when a piece of pizza got burnt.
Speaking to Citi News’ Franklin Badu Jnr, Cecilia Ampadu revealed that she is still emotionally traumatized by the unfair treatment meted out to her.
“I felt really hurt within. The first thing is, I am not the one who did the pizza, and moreover I have never done pizza before. I was not the one who taught the girl to do the pizza so I don’t know why you should hit me with that pizza so I was really confused.”
Workers of Peterpan are not safe
Cecilia also expressed concern for her former co-workers at the Peterpan Restaurant because of the abusive nature of her former employer.
“I think it’s not safe because I don’t know what might happen if he gets angry. It could be a knife or hot oil that he could pour on someone and maybe the person might lose his or her life.
She called on state institutions to ensure justice for her in order to serve as a deterrent for other Ghanaians who are being maltreated by foreigners and even Ghanaian employers in the country.
“I want justice. I don’t know what is happening to my fellow Ghanaians somewhere else. Mine is out now and maybe it will help the others out there.”
Gender and racial bias
A Human Rights Activist, Kinna Likimani, has also called on the police and other stakeholders working on the case to ensure justice prevails.
“We would urge the Ghanaian police to do the right thing and not give in to and kind of influence,” Kinna Likimani stated.
According to her, this is a clear case of workplace and gender violence given the circumstances.
“He is in a powerful position being a her boss so there is workplace violence; but there is also gender violence because of the way in which people tend to view women especially those who have power over women in workplaces.”
The Human Rights Activist is also of the view there was some racial bias at play in the situation.
“It also has racial bias because we live in a society where because we have been colonized and we haven’t freed ourselves from internalized ideas of other races supremacy over us, we allow other races in Ghana to have free range over our own people and we allow the men the space to misbehave.”
“We ourselves discriminate against Ghanaians and other races especially when white people are involved so there is also a bias here that is racial.”
-source||citifmonline.com
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