A 48-year-old housewife in Singapore has written to a local newspaper complaining about loan sharks harassing her for money her maid had borrowed.
The woman said her Filipino maid had left the country without settling any of the seven loans she had taken out. She told Shin Min Daily News that her domestic worker had been a reliable person and had worked hard for her family for the past six years.
The maid had asked for annual leave of two weeks to return to the Philippines to attend the graduation ceremony of her son in April this year. The employer also lent the maid S$500 (US$367) as she expected her to return on May 21.
But the situation changed quickly as soon as the maid left. Her employer had a call from a man claiming the maid owed him S$420 (US$308) for a loan made in November last year.
The employer said she was tempted to pay the loan, but then changed her mind after receiving another call later on the same day. The second call was from a man who was a lot more hostile and insisted that as her maid’s guarantor, she had to settle a S$500 outstanding loan immediately.
The employer told another five people who called her asking to repay loans totaling S$3,000 (US$2,200) that she would ask her maid to settle the debts when she returned from the Philippines.
The problem was, her maid did not return.
The woman contacted police, whose investigated and discovered that the maid had taken most of the loans just before leaving. Five of the seven loans were made from illegitimate moneylenders, she was told.
Hala hindi lahat na loan shark n tumatawag s employer e totoo…sa amo ko my loan shark n tumawag….tagal ng usapan nila tpos namumula n amo ko..mataas na boses sa phone..then galit na galit ngtanong amo ko sakin bkit dw ako umutang ng $800…syempre pasigaw din ako sumagot na i dont know about that thing..panu ako uutang wala nga ako day off..panu ako mklabas..tpos ginagawa ng amo ko tinakot nya yung loan shark…sb nya give me your more information and we meet at police station…kc asawa ng amo ko pulis…yung gago na loan shark bigla binabaan ng phone amo ko..
Kaya very clear mga scammer yan…alam ng loan shark n bbayaran xa ng amo nung babae..tpos my tumawag ulit diba…
Haaaay nku
Judgemental!!!!!
Before pointing your finger to others make sure its clean!!!!
Thats all
And i thank you????
employers are not obliged to pay the loan sharks done by their helper instead sue them in their embassy to be block listed in all countries,,shame on u fellow pinay.
agree.,im disgusted with this incident. i dnt feel ashame coz i never did it. sorry to those who r fun to loan money in their host country and run away
Rosela Laveros it is true unlike singapore most of the employers keep the helpers passport and even certificates came from owwa,pdos,poea and yet they r not the one paid everything and attended those seminars. they have law here but not mandated some also dnt pay their helpers sunday if they work..
True ka dyan Mel,yng iba tlagang nananadya dahil alam na nilang dina sila babalik sa mga employer nila uutang ng ilang financing company pero minsan yng inutangan nila ngpapadala ng sulat sa Brgy Captain hayyy mga walang konsensya.
Haha maraming ganyan dto sa hongkong uutang sa bangko na ayaw magbayad
May mga tao nman talagang madali umutang pro ayaw mgbayad kahit may pambayad at may mga tao din namang mapagsamantala,gaya nitong kaso na ito,alam naman na ni kabayan na di na sya babalik bakit mangutang pa?dba tuso at mapaglamang din?nadadamay yng mga umuutang na marunong magbayad,walang masama sa nangungutang basta marunong lng mgbayad,gaya ko umuutang din ako.
Coming from a smelly ugly guy.. ????
natural.filipino ?
can you proved this…?
we will file a case against you for generalizing all Filipinoes
employers here in hk are not allowed to keep their helpers passport it’s against the law.
I agree, as myself was a victim of fellow Filipino. I was stupid then, I’m wiser now. Lessons learned.
People with dimwitted minds are in demand nowadays..????
Its true we shouldn’t judge just because of 1 bad apple, but there r really lots of cases even in hK,, hK employment agency, teaches employer to keep their passport so they can’t go out n borrow money,,
Too much talk…
Mga ating wag na kayo kumuntra, tama naman sya talaga… Sad but true reality…????????????
Good for you stupid employer you deserved it.
Mr. Shah, not only Filipino people but also other nationalities doing the same thing… and don’t generalize…
Nakakahiya sa employer kase as a filipina pinagkatiwalaan sya..but for the employer .please dont pay any of her borrrowed money…you really dont know if its true or not….sonetimes out of curiosity they got scammed too…of their bfs….
Utang pa more…