Need an advise.
I have a helper who cried to me and told me that she has financial issues. After 30minutes of calming her down, she told me her story.
She had borrowed from another maid who is currently working in Singapore for a total amount of $800, as her son was sick back in the Philippines. After 1 year of working in Singapore, she now told me that she had fully paid the loan of $800 but the other maid still wants to ask her for $5800 as it due to her interest and late payments.
My helper does not want to make a police report as she was scared that she has to be deployed back to the Philippines along with the the other maid.
She has shown me the other maid’s facebook where she post pictures of many other helpers who have not paid their dues. The pictures were shown as a way to shame the other helpers to the Philippines community in Singapore and Philippines. There was also a voice recording that the loaner speaks in Tagalog that she knows everything about her.
Please. Have anyone of your helper undergone this situation?
How can I help my helper without destroying her rice bowl?
Here are what netizens think:
- Just report to SPF. An Ah Long, Singaporean or Filipino is still an Ah Long.
- That maid cannot anyhow claimed about interests. Must be something fishy about her. Instead of helping her better make a report. But u need to have proofs or else they will not file the case and just give advise.
- I highly recommend you NOT to get involved in this, and put the matter to police or else her agent. More often than not (unfortunately), there are a lot of lies in this kind of situation.
- Threaten the other helper that u will report her to the police so that she will retract her extortion of $5800 from your helper
- I honestly think your helper has no choice and had to come to you for help. Out of benefit of doubt, help her to report police. Whatever she has to face, she will have to face. But you helped many others on the illegal loan sharks that is going around.