RI maid falls to her death in S'pore

RI maid falls to her death in S'pore

SINGAPORE: An Indonesian maid fell to her death from a high-rise
condominium in Singapore, police said on Monday.

Police said the woman, in her 20s, fell from the high-rise
flat where she had been working at midday on Saturday. The case
was being investigated as an "unnatural death".

Nearly 100 Indonesian maids have died while working in the
city-state since 1997, according to the Indonesian embassy in
Singapore. Most fell from high-rise apartments while trying to
clean windows or hang up laundry.

Suicide is the next most common form of death, with
exploitation of maids a frequent occurrence in Singapore as it is
in other parts of Asia.

Another Indonesian maid survived a fall from the third storey
of a Singapore apartment block this month. The 26-year-old woman
was believed to have been cleaning windows when she fell from the
apartment, escaping with broken arms and a knee, local media
reported. --AFP