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Malay Mail
10 hours ago
- Malay Mail
Singapore man jailed after threatening to kill domestic helper he fell for
SINGAPORE, June 16 — A Singaporean man who developed romantic feelings for his family's domestic helper and later blamed her for the breakdown of his marriage was jailed for 40 days today after threatening to kill her with a kitchen knife. According to Channel News Asia, Muhammad Khairulnaim Rosli, 37, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal intimidation. The court heard that Khairulnaim lived with his wife and their two young children when the helper was hired on September 10, 2023. About three months into her employment, Khairulnaim confessed his feelings to the helper, who felt 'disturbed and uncomfortable'. She rejected him in mid-December and blocked him on social media. He later told his wife about his feelings. On January 1, 2024, she asked for a divorce. Tensions escalated on January 12 when Khairulnaim tried to obtain the helper's husband's phone number from her WhatsApp messages. The helper grabbed her phone back and confronted him. A brief altercation followed at the storeroom, where Khairulnaim kicked the door three times. Later that day, he called his wife and complained the helper hadn't fed the children rice. After waking from a nap, he reportedly became enraged with himself, the helper and his wife. 'He felt that the victim had destroyed his life and he felt that he could do the same by telling the victim's husband that the victim had a boyfriend in Pakistan,' Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Ho May Kim reportedly told the court. Khairulnaim then took urgent leave from work, retrieved a kitchen knife with a 16cm blade, and approached the helper. Raising the knife slightly above hip level and pointing it at her, he threatened to kill her. The helper fled the home when Khairulnaim's wife returned. A passer-by saw her crying and alerted the police. Khairulnaim was arrested later that evening. DPP Ho urged the court to impose a jail sentence of between five-and-a-half and seven weeks. She said Khairulnaim was in a position of authority and had used a weapon. However, the prosecution also took into account that he was a first-time offender, the threat was not prolonged, and the victim was not harmed. 'The accused appears to have committed the offence on impulse,' said Ho. In Singapore, criminal intimidation carries a maximum jail term of up to 20 years.
Straits Times
14 hours ago
- Straits Times
Jail for man who threatened to kill his maid after she rejected his romantic advances
Muhammad Khairulnaim Rosli pleaded guilty to one charge of criminal intimidation after pleading guilty to threatening to kill his maid on Jan 12, 2024. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG Jail for man who threatened to kill his maid after she rejected his romantic advances SINGAPORE – After his romantic advances were rejected by his maid , a man held up a knife and pointed it at her, threatening to kill her. On June 16, Muhammad Khairulnaim Rosli, 37, pleaded guilty to one charge of criminal intimidation after pleading guilty to threatening to kill his maid on Jan 12, 2024. He has been sentenced to 40 days' jail. The court heard he had told his maid he had developed feelings for her in December 2023, just three months into her employment. She lived in the same household as Khairulnaim, his wife and their two children. Feeling disturbed and uncomfortable with her employer's advances, she told him she did not like him and blocked him from her Instagram, TikTok and WhatsApp accounts. Undeterred, Khairulnaim told his wife he harboured romantic feelings for their maid, leading his wife to ask him for a divorce on Jan 1, 2024. After waking up from his afternoon nap on Jan 12, 2024, Khairulnaim started to feel anger towards his maid as he felt she had ruined his life. Sometime around 6pm that day, he went into the kitchen to pick up a knife with a 16cm blade and walked out to the hallway to face his maid. He then brandished the knife at her and threatened to kill her, before retreating into his bedroom. Shortly after, the maid slipped away from the flat and ran to the void deck as she feared for her safety. A member of the public found her crying and decided to make a police report on her behalf. Khairulnaim was arrested on the same day. During court proceedings on June 16, Khairulnaim initially disputed the prosecution's charge, arguing that he had only threatened to kill his maid verbally – without a knife. When District Judge Lorraine Ho asked him to explain what he meant, he said he had taken the knife only after he threatened to kill his maid, as a way to intimidate her further. He added that he had not pointed the knife at her, instead taking it and walking back into his bedroom. But he later relented and admitted that the sequence of events read out by the prosecution was true. In mitigation, Khairulnaim claimed to have since been diagnosed with intermittent explosive disorder at the Institute of Mental Health, and that he is currently seeking treatment. He later confirmed that he was not relying on the medical report to suggest his diagnosis had any contributory links to the incident and was simply using it to show remorse and mitigate his punishment . The offence of criminal intimidation carries an imprisonment term of up to seven years, a fine or both. Join ST's WhatsApp Channel and get the latest news and must-reads.
