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The Big Read: To stop abuse of foreign domestic workers, stop the power imbalance
While the recent spate of abuse cases have raised eyebrows all around, the issue has long dogged the nation since domestic helpers become a familiar sight in many a Singaporean household. (Photo: TODAY/Ooi Boon Keong)
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SINGAPORE: Whenever her employer gets angry with Ruby (not her real name) for supposedly not following her instructions, she would threaten to hit the domestic worker.
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Budget debate: Newly arrived migrant workers can serve bulk of SHN in Quick Build Dorms
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PublishedMar 3, 2021, 1:45 pm SGT
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The recent case of the extreme abuse of a Myanmar maid at the hands of her Singaporean employer has rattled the nation.
What initially started as verbal abuse devolved into a litany of inhumane physical assaults including slaps, punches, kicks, assaults with hard objects, hair ripping, and burns which went on for nearly 10 months.
Then there was the mental abuse: Being made to shower under the watch of her employers, subsist on cold food or soggy sliced bread, and being restrained to a window grille.
The physical toll of the abuse resulted in Piang Ngaih Don losing 38 per cent of her body weight within 14 months, and ultimately her death in July 2016.
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