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SINGAPORE - A migrant domestic worker in her 30s was taken to hospital on Monday afternoon (Aug 1) after a suspected gas explosion at a landed property in Upper Paya Lebar Road. Her employer, who wanted to be known only as Mr Lim, told The Straits Times on Tuesday that the maid had sustained cuts and bruises on her legs....

Singapore News - A migrant domestic worker in her 30s was taken to hospital on Monday afternoon (Aug 1) after a suspected gas explosion at a landed property in Upper Paya Lebar Road. Her employer, who wanted to be known only as Mr Lim, told The Straits Times on Tuesday that the maid had... Read more at www.tnp.sg

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