Maid jailed 3 weeks for stealing $1,000 from employer

[General Veers]

Maid jailed 3 weeks for stealing $1,000 from employer

Published on Mar 14, 2012

​

Fitri's employer sent her back to the maid agency a day after the March 5 theft. At the agency, the maid then passed the money to a countrywoman called Rohani. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

Four months into her work, an Indonesian maid went into a bedroom of her employer's house in Sembawang Place to look for things to steal.

She found some money in a drawer and took a $1,000 note.

When the March 5 theft was discovered an hour later, her employer suspected Fitri Heniyati was the culprit and sent the 24-year-old back to the maid agency the next day.

The police were not notified. At the maid agency in Yishun Central, Fitri passed the money to a countrywoman called Rohani, who was waiting to be assigned an employer.

Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.

​