A 38-year-old Indonesian woman was jailed for 15 years by Singapore’s High Court on Monday after the domestic worker pleaded guilty to killing her elderly employer after a dispute last year.
Tay Quee Lang, 77, was killed by an Indonesian carer named Minah on February 13, 2017, at home on the fifth floor of Block 276 on Tampines Street 22. The domestic worker thrust a 22-centimeter kitchen knife so deep into her throat it reached the apex of her lung, Lianhe Wanbao (Singapore) reported.
Minah was hired by the victim’s 78-year-old husband Tan Hee Seng one month before the tragedy to look after his wife, who had become weak and needed a walking stick as well as help to move around after a fall in late 2016.
The victim and the carer had reportedly been getting along well.
The court learned that on Feb 13 Tay was sitting on her rattan chair in the living room after finishing lunch with help from her husband, who then left the house for a medical appointment.
The elderly woman called repeatedly for the maid, who was having lunch in the kitchen, then scolded her for taking a long time to eat and play on her mobile phone. The pair soon ended up shouting at each other.
After being called a fourth time, the maid took a knife from the kitchen to tried to threaten Tay from nagging her further. However, the elderly woman continued to scold Minah for her bad performance at work.
The court was told Minah then vented her anger by thrusting the knife into the woman’s neck. Tay immediately gasped for air and tried to push the knife away but failed.
A man living next door reportedly heard the maid crying and murmuring “tolong tolong”, calling for help in Indonesian. When he saw Tay with the knife lodged in her throat, he called the police.
Minah tried initially to say Tay had committed suicide.
But with ample evidence, the defendant eventually plead guilty to the charge of culpable homicide in the High Court on Monday.
it must be life sentenced ????
common..too old already to commit suicide..yes better life sentence so that she pay and enjoy her life inside the prison for a long tym
So sad di nya nahawakan ang inis nya….nakakamatay kaya sa loob ng kulungan….
tsk tsk tsk.. sana inisip nila work nila bago gumawa ng ganyan… mababayaran b niyan ang hiya na ginawa nila… sayang..
You have to pay the price of what you did …
So sad story but lesson to learn
I couldn’t believe it,even diapers and nipple for baby,worth $1 socks they steal as well.hopefully we hear their story y they stole those things?
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Should be sentenced to death.
Being nagged doesn’t seemed like a mitigating defence.
police motto: save, serve and protect…
Scary
I couldn’t believe it!!
You must listen for their story then.
It looks like their employer clear up their olds stuffs to dispose and i think the helpers keep it instead of throwing.
Flor Contemplacion was sentenced to death, by hanging…when she didn’t put her ward to death intentionally. That’s how the devil works in our lives…he does anything to bring us to his kingdom. But if we take JESUS as partner in our work and in every challenge we face, we become untouchable by evils.
Moral of the story: stop breeding like rabbits
What new ? Some police officer do that to the poor victim….
U need more patience if u have 77 y/o employer…and we dont have ryt to killed any body just bcoz of scolling…
Employers should check the working background of the maid carefully. If one has not taken care the elderly in the past. Do not hire them. Because it could end up like this. And if she has not taken care children in the past. Do not hire them for children unless they love children.