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Yoshitsune Minamoto
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Jun 9, 2010
Maid jailed for 'molest' lie
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ALL the Indonesian maid wanted was to have a change of employer. But Etik Sugiarti had no good reason to give her agent as her employer had treated her very well since she began work for the household since October 2009. So the 23-year-old cooked up a story that her employer's father had molested her.
She had heard from other domestic helpers that if she had made a police report alleging outrage of modesty against her, she could have a change of employer. Sugiarti admitted giving false information at Bedok Police Division headquarters on Jan 5 that her employer's 66-year-old father had molested her between Dec 20 and Jan 5 at a flat in Pasir Ris. The petite woman was jailed for eight weeks on Wednesday by District Judge Lee Poh Choo.
