Indonesian maids fall to death

Indonesian maids fall to death

SINGAPORE: Two young Indonesian maids have died after falling out of high-rise apartments in separate incidents here, police said Thursday.

A police spokeswoman said the women, aged 18 and 20, died within two hours of each other on Wednesday and refused to give details as to possible causes except to classify the cases as "unnatural deaths".

Local media reports said the 18-year-old had been working for her employer for only 22 days, while the older woman had been living in Singapore for one month.

The Straits Times quoted unnamed sources as saying the teenager could have fallen from the ninth floor of the apartment where she worked as she hung clothes out to dry.

The paper said the 20-year-old fell from the 11th floor of a different apartment block, saying it was unclear what she was doing before the fall, or whether it was suicide. -- AFP