A 37-year-old Indonesian woman hired as a domestic worker in Singapore since 2010 was sacked by her latest employer, who allegedly found – via a chat history on the maid’s mobile phone – that she was engaged in sex work on her days off.
A working mother of two surnamed Chen, who had given birth to her second son in October last year, hired the Indonesian domestic helper, whose name was not known, in June to take care of household chores so her mother-in-law could concentrate on looking after the 8-month-old grandson, Lianhe Wanbao (Singapore) reported over the weekend.
The Indonesian maid was said to have worked efficiently during the first two months. However, she was seen to frequently sneak out to her mobile phones and allegedly damaged items while cleaning without admitting that to the employer’s mother-in-law.
A drastic change in her temperament was noted after her weekly days off, as she often wore heavy make-up and returned home late. That resulted in her failing to work on time the next day, as she allegedly overslept and rarely let go of her cellphone.
On September 26, Chen took the opportunity to check on her mobile phone while the maid was having a shower. She allegedly discovered text messages to and from at least four male migrant workers regarding the possibility of having sex. The maid also asked the men to cover her cellphone top-up expenses.
Two days later, Chen, together with a relative, reported the situation to the employment agency, which terminated the maid’s work contract and promised to send her home as soon as possible.
When the maid was asked to leave, she allegedly did not ask why – but admitted to Chen that she was casual about her relationships, her employer told the newspaper.
Well sais
Binu Benjamin ..U look like d one who is slave.
I hate that kind of employer, what ever the maid do for her personal life is not consider as a sin. Your paying for her job only no other that that. Maids no her limitations you should know your limitation also as an eployer. Everybody have the right to put make up as long they can afford to buy
It sounds pretty bad, but looking at someones phone is a breach of the maids privacy so that should be a crime on its own. I really dont think that many ladies want to sell their bodies so maybe there is a lot more behind this than is revealed in this story, a child going through school for example.
I wish her good luck, hoping that the privacy of ordinary people will be respected in the future.
Binu Benjamin, if you are an Indian, yes some indian employers here in Singapore treat their maid here in Singapore as their personal slaves. But more of them treat their helpers with respect
The employer has no right to invade the maid privacy, what’s the maid do during her off day is her own private affair, can the employer control her daughter not to have boyfriend ? Everybody has their own life ,nobody own nobody
Olga Allesa Alimeos well said.
Some maids here are being treated like like,they look down on you if you are just maids and they dont give you privacy..some of employers they took the maids cellphones
I agree she dont have d right to check her maid movile phone even tho she is her employer
Stupid employer what for she checking maid pne..not her bznez ayah
Binu Benjamin we are not Slave we are Helper,helper means working in the house of other people all though this maid do wrongly you are not suppost to call as Slave,
Some other people is degree holder but uneducated and luckoff knowledge,
Czylle Angelou Zehc Nas we are talking about prostitutes here. The maid is prostituting herself, not looking for boyfriend. That’s the greatest nightmare of any employer. Know the guy first who wants to pay to F you? Seriously?
This is maids problem. Employer is busy body. Not all employers.Must give a privacy yo a maid too. If she doing nonesense during her off days. It’s already up to her.Coz it’s her off days.
Where u took that heavy disgust mister whatsoever? I think its not either ur business to enterfere. I am a helper here and my boss is the one ask me to find a boyfriend. They dont mind. So why generalizing every single maid? If u are educated enough u should know the hierarchy of needs and it involved sex. Dont be a crab. Ure old enough. U should be at least open minded about things around u. Every single human have sex urges.. it depends on us how to control it. Are u sure u went to school???
Seriously???????????????????????????????
Seriously? Theres a lot way to stay clean even engaging in a sexual relationship. First know the guy first before deciding to open ur legs. Dont get paranoid ms whatsoever. We need to be responsible for everything we are doing. And not all maids are uneducated… and i think this chen was being araised without introducing any respect… crab lady i should say.
You’re right,,it reflects the employer character.NO MANNERS LIKE THE FLIES BRAIN.
Precisely right
This shows that the employer also is abusive.Not all employers are educated also some think that they have the power to do anything coz they treat their helper as slaves. Not because we are paid only chicken feed to them means we are reprimanded from freedom.
Why must the employer check her maids fon? Whatever the maid do on her off days is her freedom…. maybe this men are just acquaintance…. i think the saying applies here…"it take one to know one"