She knocked the maid's head with her fist and struck her with a plastic pail.Ī Singapore woman and her parents were jailed for abusing their domestic helper. Sometime after this, Ai Tee began hitting the victim if she failed to complete housework to her satisfaction. She communicated in Bahasa Indonesia but was not fluent in English, so she could speak fluently only to Huat, who knew Bahasa Melayu.Īfter about a week of working for the Tans, the victim told Huat that she wanted to return to the maid agency as she felt the two women were never satisfied with her work performance. She usually started work at 6am and slept only at 2am to 4am, as she was required to finish her chores before sleeping. She was tasked with chores for the family, who lived in an Ang Mo Kio flat. Huat hired the victim, 27-year-old Indonesian national Heni Rahayu, in January 2020. Pei Ling's father, Grab driver and part-time mover Tan Huat, 70, was handed three weeks' jail and has to pay S$500 (US$369) in compensation for one charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a maid. She admitted to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt with an instrument for cutting, with another two charges taken into consideration. Her mother, 68-year-old Tan Ai Tee, was given nine months' jail and a S$2,500 (US$1,845) compensation order. She pleaded guilty to two charges, with another three charges taken into consideration. However, instead of being sent back as she requested, the maid suffered mounting abuse from the family, including having hot liquid splashed on her and a heated iron pressed on her.Ī neighbour eventually called the police after hearing sustained shouting at the helper from midnight to 5.45am (local time).įormer events manager Tan Pei Ling, 46, was sentenced to 20 months' jail on Tuesday and ordered to pay the victim S$20,000 (US$14,762) in compensation. (Photo: Bloomberg)Ī week into her first job in Singapore, a domestic helper told her employer that she wanted to return to the maid agency, as her employer's wife and daughter were never satisfied with her work performance. People take photographs at the Helix Bridge in Singapore, on Feb 11, 2023.
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