Woman On Trial For Ripping Off A Maid T-shirt In View Of Husband

A Singaporean woman has been accused of forcing her maid to strip and shower, and ripping her t-shirt in front of her family members, including her husband.

The woman, Rosdiana Abdul Rahim, thirty one years old was testifying to series of other abuse at a stand committed against her twenty one years old house maid.

The victim who testified against her boss for insulting her modesty claimed that she had always ill -treated her since 2017 by pulling her arm, pushing her into a shower, pulling her shirt and causing one of the buttons to loose, and pulling the victim bra and causing one of the hooks to fall off.

The maid who hailed from Indonesia where her family resides told the court through a Bahasa Indonesia interpreter that, “I came to Singapore in september 2017 as a domestic worker to change my life.”

She made me to sleep on a carpet the first day I arrived in her two bedroom apartment and later instructed me to sleep at the corridor beside the toilet and finally ended up sleeping under a cupboard without a pillow or blanket” she added

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Tearfully, the maid recalled that she had no towel after bath as the only one that she had was thrown away by her boss saying, “it was smiling.”

Earlier that morning, Rosdiana had been angry with her for eaten a portion of maggi mee.

“She wanted to humiliate me in front of everyone, as she tried to rip open my clothes until some of the buttons were opened” adding that other family members including the grandmother, her elder sister and children watched without saying a thing.

“I was crying. I stood up and she continued scolding me and at that time she asked me to change my clothes, as I was going to the children room to change, madam followed me and banged the cupboard door on my forearm.”

The maid ordeal came to an end after Rosdiana’s husband dropped her off at an agency. The agency later brought the maid to lodge a police report.

The trial continues on thursday afternoon with the maid resuming her testimony.