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SINGAPORE – An Indonesian maid who killed an elderly couple in 2017 claimed that she just wanted to run away and that the double murders occurred during a fight.
Khasanah, who has only one name, told Indonesian police in the course of their investigation that he was not happy working for Madam Chin Sek Fah, 78, and Chia Ngim Fong, 79.
Among other things, she said that Madam Chin often scolded her.
These details were revealed on Wednesday (September 2) in a coroner’s investigation into the death of the elderly couple.
Khasanah had stated that he decided to flee to Batam on June 21, 2017, after seeing his passport in a bedroom on the couple’s executive floor in Block 717 Bedok Reservoir Road, state coroner Kamala Ponnampalam said.
The Indonesian, then 41 years old, said Chia was sleeping at the time. She had planned to tie him up, but he woke up and started screaming.
Khasanah told police in Indonesia that she then beat him before Madam Chin confronted her.
After a fight, Madame Chin fell to the ground. Khasanah said that he then stepped on Madame Chin’s body before leaving the floor.
The couple was later found tied up and unconscious. Mr. Chia had suffered blunt force trauma to the head, while Madame Chin suffered blunt force trauma to the head and chest.
On Wednesday, state coroner Kamala determined the incident to be one of unlawful homicide.
Khasanah was arrested in Indonesia and tried there between February 27 and May 2, 2018. She was later found guilty of the murders and sentenced to life in prison, but the appeal was reduced to 20 years in prison.
Khasanah, who is from Java, had worked for the couple for about a month before the murders.
After the incident, he departed for Indonesia by ferry from HarbourFront Center at 1:20 p.m. on the day of the incident. She also took some items belonging to the couple.
She was in an internet cafe in Indonesia when they heard her talking to someone on the phone about her crimes.
Indonesian police were alerted and on June 28, 2017, she was arrested in Tungkal Ilir, Sumatra’s Jambi province after police raided her room at the Nanber Hotel.
Tungkal Ilir is a city in West Tanjung Jabung, about a three-hour drive from the provincial capital, Jambi, and more than 300 km from Singapore.
Among the items found in his possession were various pieces of jewelry, watches, mobile phones, a laptop, and cash worth no more than $ 300 in various currencies.
Khasanah was not handed over to the Singapore authorities despite the fact that her crimes were committed here.
Instead, the Indonesian national police worked with the Singapore Police to solve the crime, The Straits Times previously reported.
Khasanah was not sent to Singapore due to the principle of personaliteit, which requires that any Indonesian arrested at home for a crime committed abroad be prosecuted in Indonesia rather than being sent to the jurisdiction where the crime was committed.
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