There are so many stories circulating the internet, of disregard for basic human rights, people suffering and abuse by authority. But the most recent reports of maid abuse in Singapore has left my heart aching for the victim.

According to staistics from the Ministry of Manpower, the number of substantiated maid abuse cases handled by the police dropped from 157 cases in 1997 to 68 last year. Now we need to find ways to eradicate this dirty little secret forever.

In the most recent and disgusting episode, 18-year-old mother of one, Nur Rizan Mohd Sazali was yesterday jailed for 26 months - 12 months for forcibly extracting the two teeth of, and another 14 months for pouring boiling wax on the maid. She has been dubbed by the press as "The Dentist".

The maid from Indonesia was accused of stealing from her employers. Although she kept protesting her innocence, 29-year old Ms Badingah was thought to be lying. This resulted in the ad-hoc dentistry, which saw her lose two of her front teeth, by the teenage mother wielding a pair of pliers.

Ms Badingah's employer, 25-year old Elsa Elyana Said, forcibly held the maid's head and forced her mouth open while the extraction took place.

Elsa pleaded guilty to punching the maid and assisting in the torture. She will be sentenced on Oct 16. She lived with Nur Rizan, as well as the teenager's mother and brother, in a flat in Jalan Minyak, off Chin Swee Road.

The series of abuse and torture that Ms Badingah endured at the hands of these four sadists, took place between June 2 and July 26 last year.

20-year old Muhammad Iz'aan was jailed for six weeks after pleading guilty to caning Ms Badingah. He is Nur Rizan's brother.

Muhammad Iz'aan caned the maid in a very bizarre torturous kind of punishment. She was ordered to stand facing the door for a whole night with one leg off the ground and holding her ears. Every time she dropped her leg, she was caned. The reason for this punishment is still unknown.

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http://www.aussiepete.com/2008/09/maid-abuse-no-longer-dirty-little.html

wait till you hear the cries of "Ooooh.. u're picking on us because we are Muslims" :)

I guarantee it will crop up in the stories.

An easy guarantee to make, since you have already introduced it, Boaz.

>>wait till you hear the cries of "Ooooh.. u're picking on us because we are Muslims" I guarantee it will crop up in the stories.<<

But as anyone who has been to Singapore knows, this has been going on for many, many years. And it has far more to do with their society's treatment of foreigners collectively than any religious issues.

I well remember an "informal briefing" on the topic from a cab driver some fifteen years ago. His stories mainly focussed on the traffic between the Philippines and Singapore at that time, and how they were virtually slaves during their time in service. His overall attitude was that they deserved it, because they were somehow inferior beings. Their crime, of course, was relative poverty.

So, Boaz, thanks for being so quick to introduce the Muslim stalking-horse. No doubt we can now expect some expansion on this theme, with your usual air of injured innocence - what me, mozzie-bashing? Heaven forfend!

You seriously are a meat head David. What makes you think they're Muslim, because they look like them and have names like them?. Totally irrelevant trolling comment aimed at causing nothing but a disruption.

You're just a prejudice bigoted pig that hides behinds a self donned veil of self-righteousness called Christianity. I'm ashamed to be part of a faith with people like you in it. You need muzzling, but watch, it'll be me.

Pericles is right, maid abuse has been widely reported for a long time including the publication of various books by women who lived in and escaped from oppressive households.

It is interesting that the only time the issue of Islam has been raised is by the usual stalking horse.

This sounds contrived. I would like to know the true motivations of the op.. Look at this story.."But the most recent reports of......[insert story here].......in [insert place of story] has left my heart aching for the victim."

"...Now we need to find ways to eradicate this dirty little secret forever."

This was never a secret. It's the same as any other abuse/crime out there.

I think this is a case of blogspam.