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The Police will be charging a 42-year-old woman on 28 April 2021 for various hurt offences under the Penal Code against her former domestic worker, a 49-year-old Indonesian woman.

On 30 October 2020, the Police received a report that the woman had abused her former domestic worker. As the domestic worker had returned to Indonesia when the report was received, efforts were taken to facilitate her return to Singapore to assist with investigations.

Police investigations revealed that the woman had allegedly assaulted her former domestic worker on multiple occasions between February and October 2020, including pressing a heated iron onto the domestic worker’s right forearm repeatedly, and punching and hitting the domestic worker’s eyes with her fists and objects including clothes hangers.

The woman will be charged on 28 April 2021 with two counts of voluntarily causing hurt under Section 323 of the Penal Code, one count of voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous means under Section 324 of the Penal Code, and one count of voluntarily causing grievous hurt under Section 325 of the Penal Code. As the offences involved a domestic worker, each of these charges carry enhanced penalties of twice the maximum punishment provided for the offences under Section 73(1) of the Penal Code. 

The Government takes a serious view of the ill-treatment of foreign domestic workers. The Police will not hesitate to take action against errant employers and ensure they are dealt with firmly in accordance with the law.