The Straits Times; Published on Oct 31, 2011
Maid borrows but boss suffers loan-shark woes
MY FIRST maid, a Filipina who worked for me for five years, left Singapore in a hurry after she had used my name to borrow money from a loan shark.
I was left to face the harassment by the loan shark, which began two weeks ago.
While lodging a police report, I asked how the maid could have impersonated me to borrow from the loan shark. The reply left me baffled.
I was told that a borrower could use a copy of the employer's identity card as validation.
How could loan sharks lend money to a maid when it is obvious that the borrower is not who she claims to be?
How can they loan the money when they know maids are likely to have problems repaying the loan?
It is unfair that employers must bear the burden of problems caused by maids.
Shouldn't the respective embassies - in this case the Philippine Embassy - track down and bring to book such maids, thereby making an example of them as a deterrent measure?
What protection is there for employers when rogue maids use their days off to create the kind of problems that victimise employers?
We treated our maid very well but in return, she caused us anguish.
Nikki Tay (Madam)
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