A woman from Myanmar who had worked as a domestic helper for less than a month in Singapore is believed to have jumped to her death from her employer’s 18th floor apartment in Potong Pasir.
Shin Min Daily News reported on October 13 that the woman was found lying dead on the ground outside One Leicester Condominium at 1:28pm on October 8.
The newspaper said it had learned that the deceased woman had previously expressed that she had been suffering from stress and difficulties in coping with her new role and that she had wanted to return home.
The Myanmar Times, citing an embassy official, reported that the reason for her fall was yet to be established and that police findings were pending. They are treating the tragedy as an incidence of “unnatural death.”
The maid’s passport indicated that she was 23 years old and named Ma Wain Wain Lal. However, her relatives in the Yamaethin township, in Mandalay region, have revealed that she was in fact only 16.
According to Singaporean law, foreign maids must be at least 23 years old.
Two sisters of the deceased who are also currently working as house maids in Singapore, are being assisted by a Singapore-based NGO, the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME), with regard to funeral arrangements.
Read: NGO urges public to halt speculation on Myanmar maid’s death
RIP
Agents not supposed to hired under age maids applicants
Di cla marunong.mgdepend ng sarili nla as they dnt know to speak proper english,,lalong.kinakawawa cla ng mga salbahe na klasing mga amo.
Wala clang malawak na pg iisip,,,since bata pa cla at di maganda ang trato ng amo nya…kawawa nmn…sa mga amo,dapat di cla ganyan mgdala sa mga katulong nla…lalo’t bata pa,,
So very tragic n heart breaking!!! Poor girl, she must have felt desperate to do that????. This must never happen to our foreign workers. If you hire a foreign worker, pls take care of them. They come here to work, not to end their life! Pls have a heart for them. Their job is so hard and they earn so little. Deepest condolences to her family. RIP. ????????
How come she come here if the age is only 16…
I am surprised to hear that Singapore a country with principles did not do a proper check on the age of the maid
Rest in Peace
And deepest sympathy to the whole family
A lots of Myamar ofw is very young like some Indonesian too.Sad life she really young
May ur soul rest in peace now…????????????
Bka tinulak yan ng walangyang amo
Life of OFW is never easy. So think a hundred times before applying…. Homesick and stress are parcel that need to deal personally…
RIP…
Good for you crazy man..
May she rest in eternal peace..
16 yrs old?? Too young to work overseas,,,
,and yet too young to killed yourself…R.I.P.
Rest In Peace
Omg ! So sad !
R.I.P. SISTER!