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SINGAPORE: Changi Airport Group (CAG) president’s wife, Liew Mun Leong, received a warning and her son issued a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) warning in 2018 after her former maid Parti Liyani complained that she had been illegally deployed.
Ms. Parti was acquitted on Friday (September 4) of stealing items worth S $ 34,000 from Liew Mun Leong and her family, after she was sentenced to prison in March 2019 on four counts of theft.
Judge Chan Seng Onn overturned his convictions on Friday and said in his judgment that the Liew family had taken a “first preventive step” to suddenly terminate his employment on October 28, 2016 and had not given him enough time to pack, with the Hope that I would not use the time to file a complaint with MOM.
The court heard that she had been sent to work at the home and office of Mr. Liew Mun Leong’s son, Karl, on “multiple occasions”. This contravened certain MOM regulations, the ruling said.
MOM said on Sunday that Parti filed a report in October 2017 on the illegal deployment of Mr. Liew Mun Leong’s wife at Mr. Karl Liew’s residence between September 2016 and October 2016, and at his office around 2012 and 2013.
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“The ministry investigated her complaint and found that Ms. Liew sent her to Mr. Karl Liew’s home and office on different occasions,” MOM said.
At the conclusion of the investigation in May 2018, MOM issued a warning to Ms. Liew and a warning to Mr. Karl Liew.
“The issuance of a warning about these events is consistent with the approach taken in other similar cases,” MOM said.
Earlier on Sunday, the Attorney General’s Office (AGC) said Judge Chan’s findings “raise questions that warrant further investigation.”
“AGC will study the ruling to assess what additional measures, if any, should be taken in this case, in light of (Judge Chan’s) comments,” AGC said.
MOM said that in light of comments made by Judge Chan, the ministry is consulting with the AGC on whether “further action should be taken in this case.”
In response to the CNA’s inquiries, the Singapore Police said they took note of the High Court ruling.
“Various observations have been raised about (the) police investigations,” the force said. “The police are investigating them.”
