Maid jailed 3 weeks for stealing $1,000 from employer
Published on Mar 14, 2012
Fitri's employer sent her back to the maid agency a day after the March 5 theft. At the agency, the maid then passed the money to a countrywoman called Rohani. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
Four months into her work, an Indonesian maid went into a bedroom of her employer's house in Sembawang Place to look for things to steal.
She found some money in a drawer and took a $1,000 note.
When the March 5 theft was discovered an hour later, her employer suspected Fitri Heniyati was the culprit and sent the 24-year-old back to the maid agency the next day.
The police were not notified. At the maid agency in Yishun Central, Fitri passed the money to a countrywoman called Rohani, who was waiting to be assigned an employer.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.