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SINGAPORE – A maid purposely mixed detergent into an infant’s milk powder as she wanted to get another domestic helper in trouble.
The 29-year-old Indonesian committed the offence as she was jealous of the other maid who was working for her boss’ sister-in-law.
The offender felt that the 25-year-old Myanmar national needed only to take care of the baby, while she had to do all household chores.
The older woman was sentenced on Friday (Sept 20) to three years’ jail after pleading guilty to attempting to cause the three-month-old girl to consume a mixture of milk powder and detergent.
She cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the child’s identity.
The baby did not consume any of the tainted milk and the court heard that there was no evidence that the Indonesian maid had been abused or ill-treated.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Zhou Yang said the maid started working for the baby’s uncle in April 2015.
On certain occasions, the man, his sister-in-law and their family members would stay together in a house that his parents own.
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