Eugene teo9/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Mr Anil then asked whether he remembered when he got the T-shirt and the blouse and when he wore them, to which he said that he did not. Lawyer Anil Balchandani, who represented Ms Parti, had asked him whether the two items belonged to him and he said yes. In one of the sessions, on July 17, 2018, he testified during cross-examination that the cream polo T-shirt and the red blouse belonged to him, even though he knew that this was false. ![]() Karl Liew was called as a witness at Ms Parti’s trial and was cross-examined by her counsel in three different court sessions in 2018. These items included 120 pieces of clothing, including a cream polo T-shirt and a red blouse, which were valued at S$150 each. One of the charges against Ms Parti alleged that she had stolen various items with a total value of S$46,856. LIED THAT BLOUSES WERE HIS AND STOLEN FROM HIM Ms Parti was acquitted on all four theft charges, nearly four years after she was fired by her former employer. However, the convictions were overturned in the High Court by Justice Chan Seng Onn on Sept 4, 2020. She was sentenced to two years and two months’ jail. She was tried in court between April 2018 and March 2019, and was convicted of four charges of stealing more than S$30,000 worth of items from the Liew family in March 2019. In August 2017, Ms Parti was charged with five offences of stealing from the Liew family. On Dec 2, 2016, she was arrested upon her arrival at Changi Airport in Singapore to seek employment. Mr Liew Mun Leong and Karl Liew filed a police report against Ms Parti on Oct 30, 2016. The family checked the contents of the boxes on Oct 29, 2016, and found items that allegedly belonged to the family. They were sealed by two drivers who worked for the family. She was interrupted by the employment agency, which asked her to leave before she could seal two of the boxes. While packing, she threatened to lodge a complaint with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) about being asked to clean Karl Liew’s home and office. On Oct 28, 2016, the Liew family decided to terminate Ms Parti’s employment when they suspected that she was stealing from them.Īs she was given two hours to pack her belongings and leave, Ms Parti had asked Karl Liew for big boxes to send her belongings back to Indonesia. Ms Parti, 49, started working as a foreign domestic worker for the Liew household, which comprised Mr Liew Mun Leong, his wife Ng Lai Peng, their daughter Liew Cheng May, Karl Liew and his wife Heather Lim, in March 2007. Last month, Liew pleaded guilty to one count of giving false information to a public servant, knowing it would likely cause the public servant to use lawful power to the injury of another person.Ī second charge of giving false information to the police about finding 119 pieces of clothing belonging to him in boxes packed by Ms Parti was taken into consideration. His defence counsel had stated that Liew had five children and he had the main responsibility of looking after them at home. He also granted a request by Liew, 45, to have the start of his jail term deferred until May 8. In passing sentence on Friday, District Judge Eugene Teo described Liew's actions as a "brazen fraud", which cannot be tolerated by the court. ![]() Liew lied when he told District Judge Olivia Low during an earlier trial that Ms Parti had stolen his clothes when the clothes were not his. SINGAPORE - Karl Liew Kai Lung, the son of ex-Changi Airport Group chairman Liew Mun Leong, was sentenced to two weeks' jail on Friday (April 14) for lying to a judge in a case over the family's maid, Parti Liyani - even though the prosecution had sought only a fine. ![]()
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