Indonesian helper jailed for sexually assaulting intellectually disabled man in Singapore

Knowing that the man she cared for was intellectually disabled and would not be able to alert others of her wrongdoings, a domestic worker sexually assaulted him and tried to have sex with him.

She committed her crimes while on a video call with her boyfriend, who later used videos of the incident to threaten the victim’s family.

On Wednesday, the 29-year-old Indonesian was sentenced to eight years and 10 months’ jail for sexually assaulting a vulnerable person.

Another four similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing for the crime that the judge described as a heinous act against someone “with an intellect that renders them vulnerable”.

The domestic worker cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity, along with anything that could lead to his identification.

The domestic worker was employed in March 2021 and was tasked to care for the victim and his wheelchair-bound sister.

Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Colin Ng told a Singapore court that the victim, now 57 years old, suffers from “intellectual disability of moderate severity and required supervision on most daily living skills”.

The domestic worker described him as someone who “behaved like a little kid”, “could not talk properly” and is “also very forgetful”, he added.

“At all material times, the accused knew that the victim suffered from mental infirmity and was substantially unable to protect himself from abuse.”

The domestic worker, who had a boyfriend in Indonesia at the time, said that she was afraid to anger the boyfriend and performed sexual acts on the victim sometime between January and February 2022 while on a video-call with the boyfriend.

On a second occasion between July and August 2022, the victim was in his bedroom when she approached