RI maid jailed for false report

RI maid jailed for false report

SINGAPORE (AP): An Indonesian maid working in Singapore was jailed for a month for falsely reporting that her employer raped her, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

A court found Pikati Slamet, 23, guilty of giving false information to the police and imposed a maximum fine of S$1,000 (US$600) on Tuesday.

She was unable to pay, and will serve a jail sentence instead, reported The Straits Times.

Pikati, who had served as a maid for a Chinese family since May, agreed to have sex with her employer in July while his wife was away, according to the news report.

Pikati lodged a rape report with police later that month. Her employer was subsequently arrested, but she recanted her story in early August.