Jail for helper who threw bottle that struck elderly woman’s face, stole from employer

Eka Yulianti Suryanto is sentenced to 16 weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to one count each of theft and performing a rash act.

Published Oct 01, 2026, 03:45 PM

Updated Oct 01, 2026, 03:45 PM

Eka Yulianti Suryanto threw a lotion bottle at a bedridden elderly woman and it struck her lips, drawing blood.

The helper also stole two pieces of gold jewellery from the elderly woman's daughter and pawned them.

Eka was sentenced to 16 weeks' jail after pleading guilty to theft and performing a rash act.

SINGAPORE – Feeling frustrated with her employer’s bedridden mother for disturbing her sleep, a domestic helper threw a bottle of lotion at the elderly woman, whose lips bled when it struck her face.

After Eka Yulianti Suryanto, 44, was arrested for this, investigations revealed she had also stolen two pieces of gold jewellery from her employer, and pawned them for $2,880.

The ill-gotten gains were remitted to Indonesia and Eka has made no restitution.

On Oct 1, she was sentenced to 16 weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to one count each of theft and performing a rash act.

Around the time of the offences, Eka had worked for the 70-year-old victim’s daughter for around 11 years, and shared a room with the elderly woman and another helper .

Deputy Public Prosecutor Yohanes Ng said the elderly woman had Parkinson’s disease, and could not protect herself from abuse and neglect.

In late 2025, Eka started getting frustrated with the senior citizen, who would make involuntary noises due to the disease.

When the noises became unbearable, the helper would throw items such as an air freshener and a lotion bottle in the elderly woman’s direction.

This created a noise, and the victim would keep quiet soon after.

At around 3am on Jan 22, 2026, Eka flung the bottle towards the elderly woman, and it struck her lips.

Eka did not check to see what happened to the woman, and went back to sleep.

When the other helper, called Kus, woke up later that morning to change the victim’s diapers , she found that the latter’s lips were bruised and bleeding.

Kus confronted Eka, who came clean about what she had done.

Three days later, Kus told the employer about the incident, and Eka was arrested the same day.

Investigations revealed that Eka had also stolen a bracelet and a bangle from her employer on two separate occasions in late 2025 before pawning them.

Her employer had noticed the missing jewellery and asked Eka about the matter.

However, Eka lied that she had not seen the valuables.

Shaffiq Alkhatib is The Straits Times’ court correspondent, covering mainly criminal cases heard at the State Courts.

Eka Yulianti Suryanto 承认犯有一项盗窃罪和一项鲁莽行为罪，被判处 16 周监禁。

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埃卡·尤利安蒂·苏里扬托向一位卧床不起的老妇人扔了一个乳液瓶，乳液瓶击中了她的嘴唇，导致她嘴唇出血。

这名帮手还从老妇人的女儿那里偷了两件金首饰，并拿去典当了。

埃卡承认犯有盗窃罪和鲁莽行为罪，被判处 16 周监禁。

新加坡——一名女佣因雇主卧床不起的母亲打扰了她的睡眠而感到恼火，便将一瓶乳液扔向这位老妇人，乳液击中老妇人的脸部，导致她嘴唇流血。

44 岁的 Eka Yulianti Suryanto 因这起案件被捕后，调查显示她还从雇主那里偷走了两件金首饰，并典当了 2880 美元。

非法所得已汇回印度尼西亚，而埃卡并未做出任何赔偿。

10 月 1 日，她承认犯有一项盗窃罪和一项鲁莽行为罪，被判处 16 周监禁。

案发前后，埃卡为这位 70 岁受害者的女儿工作了大约 11 年，并与这位老妇人和另一名帮工共用一个房间。

副检察官吴耀汉表示，这位老妇患有帕金森病，无法保护自己免受虐待和忽视。

2025 年末，埃卡开始对这位因病发出不自主声音的老人感到沮丧。

当噪音变得难以忍受时，帮手就会朝老妇人的方向扔空气清新剂和乳液瓶之类的物品。

这造成了一定的噪音，受害者很快就会安静下来。

2026年1月22日凌晨3点左右，埃卡将瓶子扔向老妇人，瓶子击中了她的嘴唇。

埃卡没有查看那名女子发生了什么事，就又睡着了。

那天早上晚些时候，另一名名叫库斯的帮手醒来给受害者换尿布时，发现受害者的嘴唇瘀伤流血。

库斯质问埃卡，埃卡坦白了自己的所作所为。

三天后，库斯将此事告诉了雇主，埃卡当天就被逮捕了。

调查显示，埃卡在 2025 年末曾两次从她的雇主那里偷窃手镯和手链，然后将它们典当。

她的雇主发现了丢失的珠宝，并就此事询问了埃卡。

然而，艾卡撒谎说她没有看到那些贵重物品。

沙菲克·阿尔哈提卜是《海峡时报》的法庭记者，主要报道国家法院审理的刑事案件。