FDW Jailed for Putting Toilet Bowl Water into Water Jug, Spitting Into It & Using Employer’s Facial Products

Toilet bowl water is, for obvious reasons, really unhygienic.

Really, really unhygienic.

As such, it’s with the utmost sympathy that I write the following piece:

A horror tale involving… toilet bowl water.

FDW Jailed for Putting Toilet Bowl Water into Water Jug, Spitting Into It & Using Employer’s Facial Products

It all started in June 2020.

A Singapore permanent resident had noticed that her cosmetic creams were running out faster than usual. There were also finger impressions in the cream, even though she makes it a habit to simply swipe through the product.

Suspicious, she situated closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in her kitchen and her bedroom.

Subsequently, she reviewed the footage, only to find out that her domestic worker, Gozar Rose Magtanong, had been the one using the cream.

Gozar reportedly helped herself to the products on 28 occasions, between 29 July and 8 September 2020.

But that, rather unfortunately, was just the tip of the iceberg.

When the employer, alongside her husband, took Gozar to JPB Employment Agency on 10 September 2021, they fully intended to terminate her contract.

They would later learn, however, that Gozar had done way worse than just swiping cosmetic creams.

After being interviewed by the agency’s customer service officer, Gozar confessed that she had spat into a jug that contained drinking water for the family.

She had also, on numerous occasions, filled the jug with water from the toilet bowl.

Apparently, she would dip a used cleaning rag into the toilet bowl, wring it into a small pail and pour the water into the aforementioned jug.

She reportedly began committing the deeds from September 2019, despite knowing that there was a two-year-old child (son) in the same apartment.

Alleged Mistreatment

The story may not, however, merely be a one-sided one.

Apparently, Gozar has alleged that she was mistreated by her employers.

Apart from claims that she’s owed two months and 10 days’ worth of salary, she also claimed that she could only rest at midnight, before waking up at around dawn.

Her phone was also allegedly kept by her employers; as a result, she could not reach out to her family.

Gozar’s lawyer Kevin Liew said: “Her diet would be considered by a reasonable person to be poor. This includes bread and coffee in the morning, and porridge in the afternoon and leftovers in the evening.

“She was reprimanded for eating eggs in the residence. She weighed nearly 40kg when employed there. When she made mistakes, she would be scolded (for) being stupid.”

Gozar also claimed to have asked to be transferred on numerous occasions, and said that she had wanted to run away.

Only her three children back home, she said, had convinced her to stay.

Despite the allegations, the prosecution maintained that even so, there was no need for her commit the crimes.

District Judge Ng Peng Hong also agreed, stating that she had done “something that cannot be condoned.”

“If you have any grievances, there are legitimate channels for you to (air them) but it’s not right to do it the way you’ve done,” he told Gozar.

For mischief and misappropriation, she could have faced a jail term of up to two years, a fine or both.

Other Instances

Though evil employers may be common, the same can also be said of domestic workers.

In April 2020, one foreign domestic worker of a family who had moved into a neighbouring unit noticed something amiss when she was with another maid.

She observed that the maid, who was from the Philippines, was slapping, kicking, and pinching two young children under her care – aged one and two at the time – whenever she was upset with them.

The assaults would start once her employers left for work.

The witness had also seen the FDW pulling the two-year-old’s hair and using a spoon to hit his mouth while feeding him.

On 11 May, the FDW kicked the two-year-old toddler in his abdomen while he was lying on the floor.

The 41-year-old FDW was eventually sentenced to 13 months’ imprisonment on 1 July 2021 for repeatedly abusing the toddler under her care.

She pleaded guilty to two charges under the Children and Young Persons Act, with another charge taken into consideration during sentencing.

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