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Mar 30, 2010
Maid jailed over false info
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AN INDONESIAN maid who lied that she was abused by her employer was jailed for eight weeks on Tuesday. Ida Farida, 25, admitted to giving false information to a police sergeant at Pasir Ris Neighbourhood Police Centre last Sept 14 that her employer's wife had used a broomstick to hit her on the back and a fork to scratch her on her arm and back. A court heard that Ida, accompanied by a male passer-by, made the report that she had been assaulted by her employer's wife, and showed the officer the injuries she had sustained as a result of the assault.
As a result, the employer and his wife were called up for questioning at Bedok Police Division headquarters where statements of relevant witnesses, including one from the couple's mentally-challenged daughter, were recorded.
'Being made to go down to Bedok Police Divisional Headquarters to face an allegation of maid abuse inflicted public humiliation on the wife and family of the accused's employer,'' said Deputy Public Prosecutor Wong Woon Kwong. About a month later, Ida confessed that she had fabricated the entire story so that she could be sent to the Indonesian Embassy. She admitted that she did this as her employer's wife was fierce and the agent had refused to take her back. A second similar charge was taken into consideration. She could have been been jailed for up to one year and/or fined up to $5,000.
Mar 30, 2010
Maid jailed over false info
<!-- by line --> By Elena Chong
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AN INDONESIAN maid who lied that she was abused by her employer was jailed for eight weeks on Tuesday. Ida Farida, 25, admitted to giving false information to a police sergeant at Pasir Ris Neighbourhood Police Centre last Sept 14 that her employer's wife had used a broomstick to hit her on the back and a fork to scratch her on her arm and back. A court heard that Ida, accompanied by a male passer-by, made the report that she had been assaulted by her employer's wife, and showed the officer the injuries she had sustained as a result of the assault.
As a result, the employer and his wife were called up for questioning at Bedok Police Division headquarters where statements of relevant witnesses, including one from the couple's mentally-challenged daughter, were recorded.
'Being made to go down to Bedok Police Divisional Headquarters to face an allegation of maid abuse inflicted public humiliation on the wife and family of the accused's employer,'' said Deputy Public Prosecutor Wong Woon Kwong. About a month later, Ida confessed that she had fabricated the entire story so that she could be sent to the Indonesian Embassy. She admitted that she did this as her employer's wife was fierce and the agent had refused to take her back. A second similar charge was taken into consideration. She could have been been jailed for up to one year and/or fined up to $5,000.
