Man asked maid to sexually stimulate him, hit her with belt as wife shielded her until there was blood
Nadine Chua
The Straits Times
June 12, 2025
A man who asked his maid to sexually stimulate him and later hit her with a belt has been sentenced to more than three months in jail.
On June 11, the 62-year-old man was handed a jail term of three months and 10 days after being convicted of voluntarily causing hurt, using criminal force on his wife and insulting the maid's modesty.
He was also ordered to pay a compensation of $1,000 to the maid.
The names of the offender, his wife and their maid were redacted from court documents.
Deputy public prosecutors Andre Chong and Cheronne Lim said the maid was employed by the offender's wife, identified in court documents as B1, in July 2022.
At their home on Sept 1 that year, while B1 was at work, the man told the maid: "I need some stimulation, I want to take out something."
When the maid asked him to "do that" with B1, he replied that he had been "doing it" himself. The man then asked the maid to shake his hand as a promise that she would not tell B1 about their conversation.
Later that day, the maid told B1 about the conversation, adding that she rejected his advances but felt afraid. B1 assured the maid that she had done the right thing.
On Sept 4, at around 4am, the offender asked B1 for "intimacy" but she refused as she was tired.
They argued, and B1 told him not to "disturb the maid". Realising that the maid had told his wife about their conversation, the man banged on the maid's door to confront her.
When she opened the door, the man slapped and punched the maid on her cheeks, eyes and the top of her head.
He then dragged her to the master bedroom and hit her head and back with a belt repeatedly as his wife hugged the maid to shield her.
During the same assault, the man also used the belt to hit his wife, who did not suffer any injures.
According to court documents, the man stopped hitting the maid only after his wife pointed out that there was blood on her head.
The prosecutors said the assault left patches of blood on the headdress that the maid was wearing, and bruising on her right cheek and both eyelids.
The man's offences came to light the next day, when the maid was taken by her agency to the Ministry of Manpower to register her thumbprint.
Bruises were seen on the maid's face, and a police report was made after she broke down and revealed what happened.
For using criminal force, an offender can be jailed for up to three months, fined up to $1,500, or both.
Those who insult the modesty of a victim can be jailed for up to one year, fined, or both.
