Tag Archives: Maid Abuse

A few days ago there was a report in the newspapers of a couple; both of whom were Indian Nationals with PR Status convicted for abusing and assaulting their Foreign Domestic maid also from India soon after the FDW started working for them. Here is a case of Indian Nationals from India who thinks like in their Country can do any crime and get away unpunished with money.

A 30 year-old woman was charged on Tuesday for failing to pay her maid's wage for 1 full year, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) announced today.

An Indonesian maid, Ms Intan Atikah, suffered for 11 months being frequently abused by her employer, who spat on her face, called her names, withheld her salary and on one occasion, even ripping off the tudung off her head. What was even sadder was that it was her 8 year old daughter who had started abusing the maid just weeks after she started working for them. The girl punched and kicked the maid, and the mother did nothing to stop the abuse.

According to a post on Filipinos in Singapore, an employer staying in a HDB flat in Singapore was planning to go away on a holiday, but did not know what to do with her foreign domestic worker. The maid was left sleeping outside of the flat without any allowance for the whole duration of the trip until the employer returns home.

A foreign domestic worker from Myanmar who committed suicide by jumping off the 19th floor of a high rise condominium, The Interlace, was allegedly mistreated by her employer. The incident took place 2 days ago at about 7PM at the Depot Road condominium.

The jobless woman, Chua Siew Peng, 45, was living with her sister and her mother at the sister's Maplewoods Apartments when the offences occurred in 2012. On Oct 30, 2012, the maid employed by Chua, Ms Jonna Memeje Muegue, now 28, escaped the sixth floor apartment by climbing out of a window. She suffered a fractured feet when she landed on a roof one floor below. She had indicated that she cannot tolerate the abuse from the two sisters and the mother, whom she had been working for only 11 months. The mother had already been given a sentence of 21 months probation for punching, and slamming the maid's head against the wall. The mother had also poured bleach on the maid, and offence to which Chua had also joined in. The sister, initially acquitted,, but is now facing a retrial. Chua had even appealed against her original sentence.

Today we hire a Filipino maid from Katong Shopping Centre (will not be revealing the agency name). In my family, there is my Grandma, Elder Brother (x2), Younger Sister and Mother and my Father and including me.

The cheek of the sales executive who tried to appeal against her 14 months jail sentence for abusing her maid. Ang Lilian, who had subjected her maid to abuse almost daily for a period of three weeks, had asked for the judge to commute her sentence to a day in jail or a fine. In which alternate universe does she think this appeal has any merits? The judge did what was right, and increased her sentence to 16 months in jail instead. JUdge said Ang had shown a total lack of remorse and had capitalized on her maid's vulnerability.

I was at Bendemeer mall this morning.. This ugly Singaporean started screaming at her maid asking her to cut her hair.. citing that she is still under her payroll, she should obey her regardless of what.. calling her names like "idiot, just go cut your hair and stop wasting my time!"

32 year old Nuraini Hassan was sentenced to 9 months jail for her constant abuse of domestic helper, Ms Yulianti. Yulianti was hit on more than 6 occasions in 2012. As Yulianti was hungry, she ate 4 slices of bread. Worried that Nuraini would be enraged, Yulianti offered to pay for the bread but was met with unbridled violence. Her employer lashed out, punched and kicked Yulianti in the abdomen.