By Sujin Thomas
AN INDONESIAN maid who was worried that her employer would find out about her relationship with a Singaporean man made a police report in August claiming that he had raped her.
She later admitted to the police that she had concocted the story.
On Wednesday, a magistrate court sentenced 25-year-old Nurhayati to three months' jail for giving false information to a public servant.
According to court documents, she made a police report on Aug 18 claiming that her Singaporean boyfriend, who works as a fruit stall assistant, had tried to rape her.
She alleged that he removed her t-shirt and kissed her. The man was then arrested and held in custody.
Nurhayati later admitted that she had lied about the rape.
Her employer who only gave her name as Madam Lim, told The Straits Times outside the courthouse said that she did not know Nurhayati had a boyfriend.
She said: 'I was shocked when I found out. I had trusted her a lot and even asked her if she was absolutely certain before I called the police on her behalf.'
Madam Lim said Nurhayati arrived in Singapore just over a year ago and had worked for her since.
