The 32-year-old maid claims that she only wanted the baby to sleep so that she also could rest.
Reportedly, this maid was sentenced to j.a.i.l after it was revealed that she placed an Anarex tablet in milk that she fed to the baby whom she was looking after.
In her defence, this woman stated that she was tired and she hoped the medication would make the child sleep to let her rest.
The domestic helper who is from Indonesia cannot be named due to a gag order protecting the victim’s identity.
The baby’s mother, 33, hired this maid to take care of her child and perform household chores. The woman worked for the family for about 14 months before the incident.
The helper did not raise any complaints about her employment
during her time with the baby’s family. When feeling tired from looking after the baby, she did not let her employer know about her weariness.
However, things took a turn on December 5 last year. At that time, the baby’s mother asked the maid to feed her 13-month-old baby, milk at about 8.30pm.
The maid retrieved the baby’s milk bottle from the kitchen which already had about 100ml of milk.After that, she went to her own bedroom to take an Anarex tablet from her cupboard. This woman knew that Anarex was a type of drowsy medication because she had previously consumed it herself.
Then the maid plotted to feed the baby milk with an Anarex that evening, so that the child would sleep through the night without requiring any tending.
After placing this tablet into the milk, the domestic helper fed it to the baby–who drank about 90ml of the substance. The child then fell asleep after about 20 minutes and then the maid placed her into a cot before returning to the kitchen to wash the milk bottle.
The incident was just spotted when the victim’s cousin later saw something blue and white in the milk bottle and alerted the mother. The mother then came to check for herself and saw the Anarex tablet at the bottom of the bottle.
The baby’s mother immediately asked the maid about the tablet. The maid was scared of this confrontation and stated that she was unaware of the tablet in the bottle.
However, the employer decided to confront the maid again when she tasted the tablet. The maid this time, admitted to lacing the baby’s milk with Anarex and apologised.
The child’s mother then called the police and took her baby to the hospital the next day. The baby was examined and then was found to be in fair condition with stable vital signs.
Source: https://sg.theasianparent.com/
