Employer’s family of 12 put under quarantine after maid tests positive for Covid-19 despite early SHN release
SINGAPORE – When a hotel worker hired a new maid to care for her elderly parents, she did not think it would lead to a Covid-19 scare and quarantine for her family of 12. The Indonesian maid, who arrived here on April 15, was discharged from stay-home notice (SHN) only five days later, despite testing... » read more
Jail for woman who forced maid to hit her own mouth 50 times with meat pounder
SINGAPORE- A housewife, unhappy at seeing fingerprints on her kitchen windows, forced her domestic helper to hit her own mouth with a meat pounder about 50 times. Mun Sau Yeng, 41, was sentenced on Tuesday (March 16) to 15 months’ jail. The court heard that Mun ordered her Indonesian helper Yuni Dwi Lestari, now 26,... » read more
Woman convicted of abusing Myanmar maid, who was left with bruises and hearing loss
SINGAPORE – A 51-year-old woman was on Friday (Feb 26) convicted of two counts of abusing her maid, in attacks which left the Myanmar national with bruises and the loss of hearing in her left ear. Both incidents occurred in 2017 at Gayathri Iyer’s home at the Pebble Bay condominium in Tanjong Rhu Road. District Judge... » read more
Employer pleads guilty to 28 charges; life sentence sought
Chilling footage of an emaciated domestic worker being grabbed by the hair and shaken like a rag doll was played in court yesterday. Her Singaporean employer, the wife of a police officer, admitted yesterday that she had starved, tortured and ultimately killed her 24-year-old Myanmar helper. Prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for Gaiyathiri Murugayan, 40,... » read more