Maid jailed for making false rape police report against employer, after they had consensual sex
SINGAPORE — A 28-year-old foreign domestic worker had consensual sex with her Singaporean employer, but falsely alleged that he had raped her when she found out that her work permit would be cancelled due to her poor work performance.
The court heard that the foreign domestic helper Lamneithiem made a false allegation of rape against her employer because her work permit was to be cancelled due to her poor work performance.
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SINGAPORE — A 28-year-old foreign domestic worker had consensual sex with her Singaporean employer, but falsely alleged that he had raped her when she found out that her work permit would be cancelled due to her poor work performance.
Lamneithiem, who goes by one name, was sentenced to three weeks’ jail on Tuesday (Oct 15) after pleading guilty to lodging a false police report.
Her former employer, 48, cannot be named due to a court gag order to protect his identity.
The court heard that Lamneithiem, an Indian national, made the report on April 21 at the Kampong Java Neighbourhood Police Centre.
That same day, a police officer from the Serious Sexual Crime Branch interviewed her and took a statement.
She revealed that the sexual intercourse was in fact consensual, and that she had made the report only after finding out about her work permit.
However, she told another officer a different story three days later. This time, she falsely alleged that her employer had came into his children’s room where she was sleeping with them, and asked her to go to his room.
She also claimed that he told her he was lonely, pushed her onto his bed and tried to lift up her shirt. She said that after she stopped him, he stripped and raped her without using a condom before telling her to wash up.
Seeing the contradictory accounts, a third police officer took another statement from her to verify her allegations.
She repeated her claims of rape, lying that she had struggled and tried to push him away but to no avail.
The third officer then began investigating the employer and took a statement from him on April 25, which lasted almost two hours. The employer’s mobile phone was seized and his passport was surrendered to the police.
About a month later on May 31, Lamneithiem eventually admitted that she had lied when the police showed her other evidence. It was not stated in court what this evidence was.
When asked if she had anything to say in mitigation on Tuesday, she said she did not.
For making a false police report, she could have been jailed for up to a year, or fined up to S$5,000, or both.
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