SINGAPORE: On Thursday (Oct 1), a 44-year-old home helper who threw a bottle of lotion on the mom of her employer, in addition to stole two items of gold jewelry, has been given a jail sentence of 16 weeks.
Eka Yulianti Suryanto, an Indonesian nationwide, pleaded responsible to at least one rely of theft, in addition to one rely of committing a rash act.
She had been working for her employer for over a decade on the time of the offences. She and one other helper slept in the identical bed room because the mom of her employer, a 70-year-old girl who suffered from Parkinson’s illness and was bedridden.
The aged girl’s situation, nonetheless, prompted her to make noise involuntarily at night time, which interrupted Eka’s sleep. The helper then took to tossing objects towards the lady’s mattress, after which, allegedly, the lady would calm down.
Nevertheless, early within the morning of January 22, 2026, the lady once more made noise that was mentioned to have woken Eka from her sleep. She threw a bottle of lotion at her employer’s mom, putting her on the mouth and inflicting her lips to bleed.
Eka, nonetheless, was unaware of this and went again to sleep with out checking on the aged girl.
When the opposite helper modified the lady’s diaper later that morning, she observed the damage on the lady’s mouth and took an image of it.
Although Eka admitted to having thrown the lotion bottle on the aged girl, neither of the helpers informed the employer what occurred, and the lady didn’t obtain medical consideration. Based on reporting from Mothership, the opposite helper initially didn’t say something as she was afraid of Eka. However on Jan 25, when Eka had a day without work, she lastly informed their employer concerning the incident.