SINGAPORE: An Indonesian maid who was acquitted of stealing S$34,000 worth of items from Changi Airport Group chairman Liew Mun Leong and his family said she “never thought” of pleading guilty and wanted justice to prevail.
Her lawyer, Mr Anil Balchandani, who took the case pro-bono, said Ms Parti has not been able to “keep herself occupied” because she was not allowed to work.“While this case was ongoing, I have been hiding all these news from my family,” Ms Parti said.“I especially did not want my mother to know, because my mother is already so old and I did not want her to fall sick. So I my mother that I had an issue with my employer, but not to the point that my case had gone to trial.
She threatened to lodge a complaint with the Manpower Ministry, after she was asked to clean Mr Liew Mun Leong’s son’s home and office on multiple occasions. "In my view, the Liew family might not have made a police report had Ms Parti not made her express threat on Oct 28, 2016 to report the matter to MOM."
The court also found that many of the items Ms Parti was accused of stealing were “ostensibly spoilt, broken or lacking in value” to the alleged owners.
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