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  • Employers Encourages Their Muslim Domestic Helper To Fast, Even Though They Themselves Are Chinese-Buddhists

    Employers Encourages Their Muslim Domestic Helper To Fast, Even Though They Themselves Are Chinese-Buddhists

    For 17 years, she spent Hari Raya celebrations in Singapore, far from her beloved family in her village in Indonesia.

    While at times she cries, Ms Sriwahyuni has never lamented having to make ends meet in the region.

    Spending Ramadan alone is also one of the challenges faced by 49 year old Ms Sriwahyuni, who would call her elderly mother during Aidilfitri.

    Notwithstanding, with a very understanding employer, her situation is not as terrible.

    Her employer even encourages her to fast during Ramadan, even though they themselves are not Muslims.

    Mr Ho Kai Huat, 55 years old, and Miss Tan Sai Gek, 56 years old, are Buddhists but say they are not averse to allowing her to fast.

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    SELAMA 17 tahun, kebanyakan sambutan Hari Rayanya di sini jauh daripada keluarga tercinta di kampung halaman beliau di Indonesia.

    Walau kadang menitis air mata, Cik Sriwahyuni tidak pernah mengeluh perlu mencari rezeki di rantauan.

    Menyambut Ramadan keseorangan juga antara cabaran yang dihadapi Cik Sriwahyuni, 49 tahun, yang akan menelefon ibunya yang sudah lanjut usia setibanya Aidilfitri.

    Namun, dengan adanya majikan yang amat memahami, keadaan tersebut tidaklah begitu teruk.

    Malah, majikan beliaulah yang menggalakkannya berpuasa meskipun mereka bukan beragama Islam.

    Encik Ho Kai Huat, 55 tahun; dan Cik Tan Sai Gek, 56 tahun, yang beragama Buddha, berkata mereka tidak keberatan mengizinkan Cik Sriwahyuni berpuasa.

     

    Source: www.beritaharian.sg

  • Punching Bag For The Rich: Maid Slapped, Punched, Whacked With Canes By Wealthy Employers

    Punching Bag For The Rich: Maid Slapped, Punched, Whacked With Canes By Wealthy Employers

    A married couple were sentenced to jail after a 14-day trial, which revealed the numerous ways they had assaulted their Indonesian maid for almost two years.

    Addressing the man, Tay Wee Kiat, 39, just before delivering the sentence, District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan said: “It is clear that you are the main perpetrator.”

    He then sentenced the former regional IT manager to two years and four months in jail after convicting him of all 12 charges.

    Nine of the charges were for causing hurt to Ms Fitriyah, 34, who had worked for them in Yishun Avenue 6 from Dec 7, 2010 to Dec 12, 2012.

    The other three were for abetting his Myanmar maid Moe Moe Than, 28, to slap the Indonesian helper on the face; offering to pay Ms Fitriyah her salary and send her home in exchange for not reporting his offence of abuse; and instructing Ms Fitriyah to lie to the police that he did not abuse the other maid.

    Tay’s wife, former senior sales manager Chia Yun Ling, 41, now a part-time events administrator, was sentenced to two months’ jail for slapping Ms Fitriyah sometime between June and December 2012, and punching her on the forehead on Dec 7 that year.

    During the trial, the court heard that Tay hit the Indonesian’s head with canes and bamboo sticks.

    In one incident in February 2011, as punishment, he stuffed an incense bottle into her mouth and forced her to stand for half an hour on one leg on a stool, holding another stool overhead.

    Ms Than testified that Tay forced her and Ms Fitriyah to get down on all fours and then kicked their backsides.

    He also made them slap each other 10 times and hit them with three tied-up canes.

    Seeking a sentence of at least 33 months’ jail for Tay and a minimum three months for Chia, Deputy Public Prosecutors Kumaresan Gohulabalan and Dora Tay cited several aggravating factors such as their abuse of authority.

    “He virtually treated Fitriyah as a punching bag upon which he could vent his frustrations on matters that had nothing to do with her,” said the prosecutors.

    Both are appealing and are out on $5,000 bail each.

    In an advisory last night, a spokesman for the Ministry of Manpower urged foreign domestic worker (FDW) employers to be patient and understanding towards their helpers.

    “If employers or FDWs are facing problems with their employment relationship, they should approach their employment agency, or call the Centre for Domestic Employees at 1800 2255 233 for advice and assistance,” he said.

     

    Source: TNP

  • Singaporean Girl: Indon Maid Stole My Mat Saleh Boyfriend

    Singaporean Girl: Indon Maid Stole My Mat Saleh Boyfriend

    I was in a relationship with my Finnish boyfriend for 1 year plus. I’m a Singaporean. I didn’t know that behind my back he is meeting an Indonesian maid.

    I spoke nicely to the maid that we should let him decide who he wants to be with. Me or her. This Finnish bastard cannot decide who he wanted.

    While he was still with both of us, the maid tried to throw me off the game by showing obscene pictures of him and her while I’m not around so that I would get jealous and eventually give up on him. She said sex with him is not good nor satisfying and she questioned would I want to stay in a relationship with him. She told me she is only with him for his home and for his money and that she won’t give up on him. She shows off to me that he gives her more money than me and that I as a Singaporean should be ashamed that I lose out an Indonesian maid like her.

    I ignored most of her crazy messages so she resorted to posting their pictures on my public FB status comment to get my attention.

    They are now staying together at Pasir Ris White Water Condo. Kudos to her and my ex. They deserve each other.

    Anonymous SG Girl
    A.S.S. Contributor

     

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • My Indonesian Maid Fried My Pet Luohan For Dinner

    My Indonesian Maid Fried My Pet Luohan For Dinner

    Recently I employed a new Indonesian domestic helper to help out with my hectic housework. I called her to use the fresh fish at home and fry it for dinner tonight.

    To my shock when I reached home, I saw my pet Luo Han fish fried and on the dinner plate. I am angry but I cannot blame my domestic helper because maybe my instructions was not clear enough to her.

    Should I be upset with myself or my helper? Sigh.

    Zhi Chun
    A.S.S. Contributor

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • Jakarta Terror Suspect Worked As Maid In Singapore

    Jakarta Terror Suspect Worked As Maid In Singapore

    JAKARTA: A woman who was planning to be a suicide bomber had worked in Singapore as a maid.

    Dian Yulia Novi was arrested in an anti-terror raid last week for plotting to attack the Presidential Palace in the capital.

    The 27-year-old was arrested minutes after two men who delivered the bomb were ambushed by Densus 88, a counter-terrorism squad, in east Jakarta on Saturday.

    A fourth man, who made the rice cooker bomb, was later caught in Karanganyar, Central Java.

    In an interview with TVOne news channel broadcasted on Tuesday, Dian, who is from Cirebon in West Java, said she had worked in Singapore for 1½ years for a household with three children, aged five, nine and 11.

    Indonesian media said she had worked here in 2014.

    Dian was interviewed while in custody. She said she was “active” on social media and spoke in English while in Singapore.

    While working as a maid, she wore a headscarf but not a veil, and she never took a day off, she said.

    She had also worked as a maid in Taiwan for three years.

    Dian said she was first exposed to radical Islam through Facebook while working as a maid abroad.

    Said Dian: “On Facebook, I opened profiles of extremists, who had inspired me. I did not join any groups, just looked through but became more curious.”

    She also collected articles and audio clips of religious teachings on the Internet.

    When asked whether she feared God’s wrath for wanting to hurt people on a massive scale, she said: “This suicide bombing is not about me feeling hopeless and wanting to end my life but to get the blessing from God and get priority in jihad ‘fisabilillah’.

    “It is an Arabic expression which means ‘struggle for the sake of Allah’.”

    She said she was introduced to her husband, Nur Solihin, one of the three arrested in the raid, by somebody on social media, and she communicated with him on Telegram, an instant messaging service.

    They got married three months ago, despite Dian knowing he was already married and has children.

    The couple had not even exchanged photographs or met each other.

    Dian did not turn up for her wedding, sending a representative for the marriage solemnisation, she said.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg