Singaporean woman fined after leaving domestic helper stranded in Batam, more than 1,000km away from home

Hong Xuanyu told the maid that she would be sending her home to Surabaya for a purported holiday and the journey would be made via Batam. - ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A food stall owner lied to her Indonesian domestic helper, claiming that she wanted to send her home to Surabaya for a purported 10-day holiday, before cancelling the maid’s work permit.

Singaporean Hong Xuanyu travelled to Batam with Ms Islahatul Alif on April 28, 2018, and abandoned her on the Indonesian island, which is between 1,300km and 1,400km away from Surabaya in Java, another island.