A woman who’s reportedly a Burmese domestic helper from Myanmar jumped from the 19th floor of The Interlace condominium at around 7pm yesterday.
SCDF officers were unable to rescue the
woman. The case is being investigated. The Interlace is a 1040-unit condominium
development located in Depot Road. It won the World Building of the Year at
World Architecture Festival in 2015.
The woman is identified as Zin Mar Oo aged 25 from Arakan but she appears to be not older than 15. There was a suicide attempt by another 15-yr old maid from Burma in Singapore recently who was found to be carrying a false passport of a 25 year old woman.
The woman is identified as Zin Mar Oo aged 25 from Arakan but she appears to be not older than 15. There was a suicide attempt by another 15-yr old maid from Burma in Singapore recently who was found to be carrying a false passport of a 25 year old woman.
This is the video footage of the jump.
Be warned: Viewer discretion is advised as it is extremely graphic.
Be warned: Viewer discretion is advised as it is extremely graphic.
Be warned: Viewer discretion is advised as it is extremely graphic.
Be warned: Viewer discretion is advised as it is extremely graphic.
Be warned: Viewer discretion is advised as it is extremely graphic.
Before the incident, a woman chatted with the Myanmar national in an attempt to dissuade her from committing suicide.
Suicides of young domestic servants from Burma in Singapore have been frequently occurring in Singapore since early 1990s when Burmese military government started allowing young Burmese women to work as servants in wealthy Singapore.
A female Myanmar domestic help committed suicide on Monday by jumping out from the 18th floor of the Interlace Condo located at Depot Road in Singapore. A Myanmar embassy official, speaking to The Myanmar Times yesterday, said, “We do not know why she committed suicide. Police are still investigating the case.”
The Myanmar embassy confirmed that the girl’s identity as Ma Zin Mar Oo,
aged 25 and was a Myo ethnic from the Rakhine region. She was working for an
Indian family at the condominium as a maid for the last eight months and was
issued a work-permit by the Singapore government.
According to Ma Khin Lay, who is the
member of the Singapore based Humanitarian Organization for Migrations and
Economics (HOME),Ma Zin Mar Oo died at the scene sustaining serious injuries to
her head due to the fall.
A video clip, showing the girl on the ledge of the condominium talking
with the people who tried to stop her from jumping, has gone viral on Facebook.
The Myanmar government has banned the sending of domestic workers to Singapore
since 2014.
Ma Khin Lay, who is helping Myanmar
migrant workers in Singapore, told The Myanmar Times, yesterday that 40 to 60
Myanmar domestic workers have been going to Singapore daily.
She also said that many cases of child
labour were found in Singapore although the government there only allows those
aged 23 and above to work in that country. Recently there was a case of a
15-year old Myanmar female domestic worker who fell from the 9th floor of her
employer’s flat in Singapore. But the girl survived and suffered spinal
injuries. She survived after falling on the 7th floor, according to HOME.
Ma Khin Lay, who took the girl back to Myanmar, said that employment
agencies made out the girl’s as 25 even though her passport shows she was about
15 years old. Her forged passport and documents had a different name, race and
township, he said.
Ministry of Labour, Immigration and
Population Union Minister U Thein Swe told the media last Friday that action
has been taken and charges have been preferred against the employment broker
who sent the 15-year-old girl to Singapore. According to Ma Khin Lay, Myanmar
domestic workers are paid between S$500 to S$640 monthly.
He said that as part of the deal, every
Myanmar maid have to give about seven months wages to the brokers or employment
agency as service fees. Myanmar Overseas Employment Agencies Federation (MOEAF)
officials have said and have reported to the government official that there are
now about 40000 Myanmar domestic workers in Singapore.
This because many have gone there
illegally and are being exploited as child labour. The officials said that this
was because there are weaknesses in the government’s ability to supervise the
number of workers who leave the country. MOEAF’s officials have been also
asking the government to remove all restrictions imposed on workers who wish to
go abroad.
Related posts at following links:
Suicide of A Burmese Maid in Singapore.
Death of A Burmese Dock Worker In Singapore.