On the surface, *Iris appears to be a sweet and demure girl. With nondescript looks, to a stranger’s eye, she seems obedient and servile to a fault.
My impression of her is vague and fleeting, but she appeared like someone with high morals and who led a strictly austere, disciplinary lifestyle.
Her stay at our household was ephemeral, and initially things were fine between her and my maid. However, towards the last two weeks leading up to her final days at work, problems arose. I often witnessed altercations (sometimes through smses sent in the middle of the night) between the two of them, and even though my maid hinted at some fiscal issues, I never really knew what was going on.
One month ago, Iris flew from our household (where she worked for my auntie) back to her hometown, where she was beaten to death.
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It turns out that she isn’t as simple as she appears to be. Before she came to Singapore, she hooked up with several guys back in her hometown, borrowing huge sums of money from them. Every time she split up with one of the guys, she adamantly refused to return the money.
Her reason?
“Indonesians are all like that, always borrow money, never return one.”
Apparently, my maid was also one of her victim.
When she flew back to Indonesia less than a month back, she was walloped by one of her debtors, and was sent to ICU due to extensive injuries. She died in hospital soon after.
* Not her real name
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