‘Treated like a criminal': fury over Hong Kong student's swift Australian deportation
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The mother told the Post in late May about her follow-up action regarding the incident in March, even as Australian authorities said the welfare of international students was their top priority after concerns were raised over the lack of emergency accommodation for the student following her eviction from the homestay.
Jessie* said her 16-year-old daughter Maggie*, who was a high school student studying Grade 11 in a public school in Perth, had moved into the home of the Australian family in February this year and had her own room.
But after a month, Cheung said the hostess became emotionally unstable on the afternoon of March 3. She repeatedly slammed her daughter's door at around 5.30pm and demanded she come out immediately.
Cheung was on a video call with her daughter at the time and recorded the hostess's words, which the Post has reviewed.
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'I want you, this is my notice, you are not accepted in this household any more for all of your behaviour,' the hostess said, lambasting her daughter's daily routines, including working late at midnight, which impacted other people in the house.
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