Do you know what your maid is really up to on her days off?
Domestic helper Rezzilyn Lodia Vinegas had kept her relationship
with a foreign worker a secret, until the couple was found dead in
a hotel room in Geylang.
The bodies of Vinegas, 33, and her 22-year-old Bangladeshi national
lover Md Sumon Md Lutfar had been discovered by a receptionist on
Sunday night (Mar 4) in a bloodstained hotel room. Both had been
found with slash wounds on their limbs.
Vinegas had been working with her current employer for 15 months
and appeared to have had no problems with her work. Her facebook
page however, was full of unhappy postings on love and
relationships.
Police have classified the case as unnatural death and
investigations are ongoing. It is not yet clear if the case is a
murder-suicide or double suicide.
STOMPer Fiona wrote:
"This tragic death proves that just because your domestic helper
appears to be content with her work does not mean she might not
have personal problems you might not be aware of.
"It must have been a tremendous shock for her employer and friends
to discover that she had had a relationship she had kept under
wraps, which only came to light because of their deaths.
"It goes to show that employers here often do not know what goes on
behind the scenes in the lives of their domestic helpers. They are
people too and have private needs and wants. Just like us things do
not always go according to plan and terrible things might
happen.
"If you have a domestic helper in your home, you might want to try
to get to know her better, so that you do not get faced with such a
horrid shock one day. It would also do many of us good to treat our
maids with more respect."
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