The 2016 killing of an employer by her family maid in Singapore.
Murder of Seow Kim Choo
Funeral photo of Seow Kim Choo
Date
7 June 2016
Time
8pm (SGT)
Location
Telok Kurau, Joo Chiat, Singapore
Outcome
Daryati sentenced to life imprisonment for murder by the High Court in 2021
Daryati losing her appeal against her murder conviction in 2022
Daryati serving her sentence at Changi Women's Prison since 9 June 2016
Deaths
Seow Kim Choo
Non-fatal injuries
Ong Thiam Soon
Convicted
Daryati
Verdict
Guilty
Convictions
Murder (Daryati; one count)
Sentence
Life imprisonment
On 7 June 2016, 59-year-old Seow Kim Choo (萧金珠 Xiāo Jīnzhū) at Telok Kurau was murdered by her 23-year-old Indonesian maid Daryati (who goes by one name), who stabbed Seow 94 times with a knife, resulting in Seow's death due to multiple wounds to her head and neck. Daryati also attacked and stabbed Seow's husband Ong Thiam Soon (王添顺 Wáng Tiānshùn; also spelt Ong Kian Soon) twice before she was restrained by Ong, and subsequently, Daryati was arrested and indicted for charges of murder and attempted murder. The motive behind Daryati's killing of her employer was due to her wanting to get back her passport to return to Indonesia as she was feeling homesick and missed her lesbian lover, who was working as a maid in Hong Kong.[1]
Daryati initially faced the death penalty since her original charge was one of intentional murder (for which it carries the mandatory punishment of death in Singapore) before the charge was reduced to one of murder with no intention to kill, with the prosecutors deciding to not seek the death penalty.[2] At first, Daryati pleaded guilty to the lower charge before she subsequently withdrew her plea of guilt and put up a defence of diminished responsibility in an effort to further reduce her charge to manslaughter.[3] The defence was later rejected, and she was thus sentenced to life imprisonment after the High Court convicted her of murder a second time.[4] Daryati lost her appeal against her conviction a year later, and she remains in prison serving her sentence since then.[5]
^"Life imprisonment for maid who fatally stabbed employer more than 90 times". Yahoo News. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
^"Maid who stabbed employer almost 100 times convicted of lesser murder charge". CNA. Singapore. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
^"Murder conviction for maid accused of stabbing employer almost 100 times set aside". CNA. Singapore. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
^"Indonesian helper who longed for HK lover, gets life in jail for murdering Singapore employer". The Standard. Hong Kong. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
^"Murder conviction upheld for maid who got life term for stabbing, slashing employer more than 90 times". The New Paper. Singapore. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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