An employer is being investigated by Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower after a 41-year-old Indonesian maid and her 30-year-old Filipino co-worker were allegedly forced to sleep outdoors and were mistreated.
The Ministry of Manpower quickly moved the two women to a place where they could get proper meals and accommodation.
The Indonesian maid had alerted online media outlet Stomp News on August 14 and also the Shin Min Daily News about the mistreatment. She alleged that she started working for the employer in June this year, while her Filipino colleague had worked for the family for three years.
Since July 31, the two maids had been sleeping on the same bed in the open-air backyard, which was crowded with many items at their employer’s home in Sian Tian Avenue in Bukit Timah. The family had recently moved into the neighborhood.
They were not allowed to sleep inside the unit because their rooms were allegedly not yet ready. The Indonesian said both women had to work every daily from 6am until 11pm or 12am, at least 18 hours. They had no proper afternoon breaks as they had to take care of their employer’s 14-year-old son.
During their day off on Sundays, the women were only allowed to leave home after working until 1pm, but had to be back by 8pm.
One day the Indonesian woman was ordered to pack more than 3,000 bottles of wine by herself after finishing her daily chores. She finished at 2am the next day.
Their employer often scolded them and called them idiots, the maid added. The women were given a food allowance of only S$20 per week, so they could only afford instant noodles and canned tuna.
To make matters worse, the Filipino fell from a staircase and injured her upper arm, but the employer refused to send her to get medical attention, saying her injury would heal naturally.
Ministry of Manpower officers visited the home on August 15 and sent the two maids into care, while investigations of mistreatment and other offenses are on-going.
Employers must sent to the jail.
Mkulong sn ang emplyr nila….
Throw them into d dungeon,n let themgo to hell n burn their soul
A heartless & inhuman employer..they should be ban hiring a helper.
yes i heard that before.. i think that was 2 or 3 years ago my god until now? my employer’s mother before stays there ( neighbors) i always go to that place thats why i know. so sad hope they can do something to help them get out from that imferno !!
Ridiculous
Sent them to jail please …????
employer sa kulungan bagsak mo . dami dito sa srngapore ganyang ugali.bastos …
Karma will get you and your family idiot.
I agree.the employer must be send to jail.
What the idiot employer can u ps bring them to kampong and philipones and ask them to stay under the bridges..
modern slavery
Then Singapore law has an action already. Me b4 2010 I can’t hold my salary and no offday. I’m going out sending kids with bus card. I want to eat something but I dont have any single cent. Maybe her helper same till now what she did for me… We are in kings road…Thanks God they release me coz I told them I want to have a holiday and buy my own air ticket. When we are in the airport they said I can’t take my oec so no need to go back. I’m sad and happy coz they give back my 1 way ticket. Now I’m so lucky coz I went to hongkong and hongkong has a law when it comes for domestic helper m, the employer can’t hold our passport and all my documents. Now were here again with my employer from hongkong. I’m so glad that the case of 2 helpers has a justice. Thanks
devil employer go to jail
His act is completely inhuman . He deserves to be in middle of the Sahara Desert with canned tuna food and instant noodles for 2 weeks.
Depression (employer) again the excuse of their case???
Put their photos to shame those badly brought up Singaporeans
Sana makulong ang mag asawa ng employers.at hindi na maka kuha ng katulong kahit kailan.
But how come a filipina maid still work in 3yrs if they are mistreated?..i never thought still have filipina like this..filipina can talk and understand she have off every sunday why she never report and tolerate this kind of employer?..something wrong with u girl..pls dont allow them to bully u..????
I don’t understand why such a rich employer who can afford to employ 2 helpers treat their helpers like that..
Addressing this to the employer:
1: You employed them to help you do the household chores, therefore treat them as a human being not animals…
2: Put it in your mind as employers that they work long hours therefore they need adequate sleep and food to eat,not enough food no strength to move about..
3:1 Day off per week is a must!! By Law! 1-8 pm off Is not a whole day off but half day off…
These employers seemed to be stubborn, playing with the law ….You employers deserve to be treated back like the way you treated your helpers so you know how it feels to be treated like a SLAVE…YOU EMPLOYERS SHOULD BE JAILED, and to be fed with cup noodles breakfast lunch and dinner and Ask to sleep outside also so you feel…. IDIOTS!
this kind of employer should be block listed for life in applying maids.
Buti nkakatulog ang mga animal.na employer nyan.Dapat kulong ang abot nla.Akala kc nla porke katulong tau ang baba ng tingin nla.Eh kung wla nman taung ktuLOng Dogyot nman sla
Employers and agents should be punished
dear employers,we have house also in our country. we sleep inside the house and we eat rice 3x a day eventhough our life is very difficult..we have farms to plant rice,vegetables and crops fyi…work in abroad is much easier for us to have money inorder for to be able to send our children in school that is our main purpose why we are here, dnt treat us like nit human bcoz when u come in our house we let u sleep in our bed room while us will sleep in the living room and we offer and give u proper foods..it is not bcoz we r the so called "MAID" fyi we r humans like u with brain,heart,senses but u dnt have the consciene and u r disrespectful..we just have a different race ,cultures and traditions but we respected u bcoz as our parents thought us that we behave whenever we are…goddamit
bloody bastards deserve to rot in jail
If cant afford to provide better longings then dont employ maid
death sentence !
ohh…. some chinese is like that… don’t care… but hope the singapore ministry manpower will take action on this situation … give some lesson to this stupid employer
i dont know what type of person u are?is insane i wish im ur maid then u will know…..
Name of employers and photos. So that future FDWs are aware.
throw them to the shark infested jurong bay.
omg,that employer are evil!
stupid employer dapat magbayad at managot kau sa batas.kagigil pag ganyan amo unahin ko na clang pitlog.
shame on the employer!!!you want your maid to work like a cow;and then give less amount of food and rest….
must be jail…no ones above the law
rich and sleazy bastard
If maid did something wrong.. will be jailed for a yr or more.
What about the employers?