Indian woman acquitted of maid abuse in Singapore

SINGAPORE: An Indian woman in Singapore has been acquitted of maid abuse after the judge felt that the domestic help was prone to exaggeration" in her complaints against her employer, a media report said Friday. District Judge Kenneth Yap, who delivered the judgement after a nine-day trial, said that Rajinder Kaur, 28, had demonstrated a lack of intention to work in Singapore from the start . The New Paper reported.

Her former employer Madam Singh Manu, 43, was accused of assaulting Kaur on four occasions in January, 2017 in an apartment in the western part of Singapore. The purported acts included hitting the maid twice, hitting her hand with a knife, pulling her hair and twisting her arm. Deputy Public Prosecutors Yang Ziliang and Sheryl Yeo had stated that Kaur was a truthful witness who had no reason to fabricate the acts of assault. But defence lawyer Amarjit Singh Sidhu said Kaur, who is now in India, had made the allegations as she wanted to return home. The lawyer said Kaur was "irresponsible as a domestic helper" who would at times leave the door to the apartment wide open and forget to turn off the gas switch.

In his brief grounds of decision, Judge Yap noted that in August, 2016, Kaur came here to work and take over her older sisters place as the familys breadwinner. January, 2017 in an apartment in the western part of Singapore. The purported acts included hitting the maid twice, hitting her hand with a knife, pulling her hair and twisting her arm. Deputy Public Prosecutors Yang Ziliang and Sheryl Yeo had stated that Kaur was a truthful witness who had no reason to fabricate the acts of assault. But defence lawyer Amarjit Singh Sidhu said Kaur, who is now in India, had made the allegations as she wanted to return home. The lawyer said Kaur was "irresponsible as a domestic helper" who would at times leave the door to the apartment wide open and forget to turn off the gas switch.

In his brief grounds of decision, Judge Yap noted that in August, 2016, Kaur came here to work and take over her older sisters place as the familys breadwinner.

                       

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