Maid who murdered elderly Singapore employers imprisoned for 20 years in Indonesia
- Khasanah had been working for Chia Ngim Fong and Chin Sek Fah for less than a month when they were beaten to death in their Bedok Reservoir home
- She fled by ferry back to Indonesia, a coroner’s inquiry heard, but was arrested and given a life sentence that was reduced on appeal
She was eventually arrested by Indonesian authorities and in 2018 was sentenced to life imprisonment in Indonesia, before the Jakarta High Court reduced the sentence on appeal to 20 years.
These details were revealed on Tuesday on the first day of the coroner’s inquiry into the deaths of Chia Ngim Fong, 79, and his wife Chin Sek Fah, 78. The couple were found lying motionless and tied up in their flat at Bedok Reservoir Road on the afternoon of June 21, 2017.
Khasanah, who goes by one name and is now aged about 43, had been working for the couple for less than a month. She left Singapore at 1.20pm that day on a ferry at the Harbourfront Cruise Centre, said investigating officer Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday. The police received a call for help at about 3.40pm.
Testifying in the coroner’s court, Mahathir revealed that Chia’s cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head while Chin died from similar injuries to her head and chest.
Khasanah was arrested on June 28, 2017 – a week after returning to Indonesia. She was overheard talking to someone on her mobile phone about the murder, Mahathir told the court.