A Singaporean woman has received a whopping fine of $34,500 for multiple offences relating to her Indonesian domestic worker.
Tang Lee Sung, 39, was convicted of 19 counts for failing to pay $5,778 in wages to her domestic helper within seven days of each monthly salary period from November 2011 to May 2013. The Indonesian worker was supposed to be paid $420 each month.
Aside from defaulting on the salary, Tang also sent her domestic worker to work in a place other than the residential address stated in her work permit card — she was sent to Johor Bahru to take care of Tang’s mother’s cats at a rented house on a nearly daily basis.
Tang and her mother informed the court that they had refused to pay the salary at the end of her employment because they felt dissatisfied with the domestic worker’s performance, alleging she damaged their properties and mistreated the cats.
The District Judge found no grounds to their excuses and found Tang guilty, convicting her of all 19 charges of defaulting in salary payments and one charge of illegal deployment. She was also ordered to pay the entire salary arrears due to the Indonesian worker.
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