Frustrated with her domestic helper’s work, a woman dumped an entire bottle of soy sauce over the helper’s head.
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Noorwahidah Johari, 42, also threw chilli at the victim, Indonesian Putri Rizki Amelia, 33, and twisted her left ear.
Noorwahidah, a Singapore permanent resident, was sentenced to four weeks’ jail on Thursday after pleading guilty to two counts of using criminal force and one count of voluntarily causing hurt.
The remaining four charges were taken into consideration for her sentencing. These relate to Noorwahidah throwing a basket of rubbish, a cup of water, and flour at Putri, as well as swinging a shoe at her.
Noorwahidah’s husband employed Putri in March 2023 to work at the household.
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On September 28 that year, Noorwahidah asked why the soy sauce bottle was not in the refrigerator. She said she had repeatedly reminded Putri to keep the bottle to no avail for the past one-and-a-half months.