Indonesian domestic worker says she forgives Singapore’s Changi Airport Group boss Liew Mun Leong for accusing her of stealing

Indonesian Parti Liyani, 46, fought for four years to clear her name after being accused by Liew Mun Leong of stealing from his family

She said she forgives Leong, but asked his family never do ‘the same thing to other workers’ and said she wanted him to ‘apologise to the public’

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Published: 7:23pm, 5 Sep 2020Updated: 3:50pm, 17 Dec 2020

An Indonesian domestic worker, who was acquitted by the Singapore High Court on Friday, said that she forgives her former employer, Changi Airport Group chairman Liew Mun Leong, for accusing her of stealing from his family.

“I forgive my employer. I just wish to tell them not to do the same thing to other workers what they have done to me,” said Parti Liyani, 46, speaking to the media through an interpreter at a virtual press conference.

She added that she wants Liew to “apologise to the public” for levelling such serious accusations against her.

During the one-hour press conference, Parti and her lawyer, Anil Balchandani, shed light on how difficult the past four years have been as they sought to prove her innocence.

Parti was sentenced to 26 months’ jail in March 2019 after she was found guilty in a district court of stealing S$34,000 (US$24,914) worth of items from Liew’s family.

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Indonesian domestic worker says she forgives Singapore’s Changi Airport Group boss Liew Mun Leong for accusing her of stealing

Indonesian Parti Liyani, 46, fought for four years to clear her name after being accused by Liew Mun Leong of stealing from his family She said she forgives Leong, but asked his family never do ‘the same thing to other workers’ and said she wanted him to ‘apologise to the public’

Indonesian Parti Liyani, 46, fought for four years to clear her name after being accused by Liew Mun Leong of stealing from his family

She said she forgives Leong, but asked his family never do ‘the same thing to other workers’ and said she wanted him to ‘apologise to the public’