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Chinese national claims she's victim of sexual harassment
By Lim Wei Li
June 04, 2010
She claimed her boss offered to extend her work contract if she would be his girlfriend.
Chinese national Xu Feng Jiao, 21, alleged that when she rejected him, he cut her pay and eventually sacked her.
But her former employer, Italian Fabrizio Cantarella, who owns Finalmente Gastronomia in Upper Thomson, has rubbished her claims. He also said his records are open for inspection.
A Ministry of Manpower spokesman told The New Paper they were investigating the matter.
Ms Xu, who is from Jilin province in China, arrived here in May 2008, after paying $10,000 to a middleman in China.
She was hired as a kitchen helper at the restaurant. She earned about $1,100 a month.
She alleged that Mr Cantarella, a married father of two girls, began sexually harassing her, as well as the other female employees about a year ago.