Ms. Liang said she worked at the company as part of a university
internship arrangement. She received a monthly allowance of $500.
In her first days there, she noticed a suppressive environment as
the employees did not seem to talk much.
Describing her supervisor, she said he appeared like a gentleman
but very ill-tempered in reality.
She said she chose to resign after two months as she was not
able to put up with the stressful conditions.
The former intern also told the Chinese daily that she regrets
not filing a police report against Alan at the time. She has since
done so after watching the video of him slapping another
intern.
Another 20-year-old student, however, persevered and completed
her internship at the company as she did not want her graduation to
be affected.
She said in a television interview that she went through nine
weeks of unreasonable and aggressive treatment from Alan.
When she was working for him, she was often scolded for not
completing work she was not assigned to do in the first place.
He also often threatened to fire her, causing her to be fearful
of going to work every day.
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The intern and his family went to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
offices today to file an official complaint against Alan.
They told the Chinese daily that they had asked for a $100,000
compensation to make up for wages lost over the years.
When asked what he was most grateful to Alan for, the
intern said that Alan had allowed him to take paid-leave when his
grandmother passed away.
He said he initially denied being the victim in the video
because he did not want the incident to affect Alan's family.
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Two more interns speak out
SINGAPORE - The same supervisor has also been accused of abusing
two other female interns, Shin Min Daily News reported.
One of them, a 23-year-old known as Ms. Liang, told the Chinese
evening paper that she was sometimes locked up in a room for more
than an hour and harshly scolded by Alan. He would note down all
her mistakes and use harsh and demeaning words, she said.
Ms. Liang said that she received at least five such scoldings
during the two months that she was with the company and even broke
down and cried on two or three of the occasions.
Describing Alan as ill-tempered, she told Shin Min that he would
flare up at every mistake made by his employees.
According to Lianhe Wanbao, the intern joined the firm at Jurong
East three years ago as an undergraduate. He was paid $500 a month
and not given any benefits or leave days.
When he graduated from university, the intern continued to work
for the company under the same pay, still without a contract or any
benefits.
His family said that he often returned home late and also turned
up at work even when he was ill.
According to the intern, his supervisor, identified only as
Alan, had physically and verbally abused him from time to time.
However, he said that the worst incident was the one secretly
recorded and shared online.
When asked, the intern told a Wanbao reporter that he did not
leave the job as he liked it very much and learned many new things
while at it. He also said that he felt like he could not leave
because there were always projects that he had to finish.
Despite that, the intern had tried to resign once in 2012 but
was told not to leave as the office was shorthanded.
When he asked for a pay raise, he was told by his supervisor
that his performance was not up to scratch and that he did not have
enough experience.
SINGAPORE - The family of a 29-year-old intern, who was filmed
being repeatedly slapped by his boss at a software company, is
demanding for $100,000 in compensation for lost wages over the
years.
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