28 Facts About Sundarti Supriyanto

Sundarti Supriyanto was born on 1979 and is a former Indonesian maid who killed her employer and her employer's daughter in Bukit Merah, Singapore.

Sundarti Supriyanto, the eldest of three children in her family, was born in Indonesia sometime in 1979.

Sundarti Supriyanto grew up in the village of Mengge, Magetan Regency, East Java.

Sundarti Supriyanto was said to have agreed to do it since her family needed money and lived a hard life.

Sundarti Supriyanto learnt to speak English through the agency's training programme.

Sundarti Supriyanto first set foot in Singapore in April 1999 and began working for the Chinese family.

Sundarti Supriyanto had once stolen from the family but the agency did not do anything.

In September 2001, after returning home from Singapore, Sundarti Supriyanto's father died for unknown reasons.

Sundarti Supriyanto first realised this when she saw two other maids, known to her as Aminah and Jami, having their hairs pulled or got slapped for any small errors in their work.

Sundarti Supriyanto was displeased with Sundarti asking for food from her or any of her employees from her office, and even told the employees to not give the maid any food.

Still, Sundarti Supriyanto would continue to ask for food, and the employees of Ng's office sympathized with her and thus would give her biscuits or bread whenever Ng was not there looking.

Sundarti Supriyanto even said once that she was forced to eat the faeces of Ng's children.

Sundarti Supriyanto, who put the noodles and sauce in a plastic container filled with hot water, only got to eat a few bites before Ng took her to her Bukit Merah office.

Sundarti Supriyanto stopped after Ng became limp, and as the maid was just about to stand up and try to calm the two children down, Ng suddenly kicked her on the leg and caused Sundarti to lose balance and fall.

Sundarti Supriyanto, who was scalded by the hot water, was said to have carried Ng's elder daughter Crystal Poh and used her as a human shield against the attacking Ng, who persisted using the knife to stab at Sundarti Supriyanto, and these blows allegedly landed on Crystal's chest.

Sundarti Supriyanto bought two lighters from a woman smoking nearby the block and thus set alight the office after pouring petrol all over the office and its possessions.

Still, even though she was ready to leave herself to die, Sundarti Supriyanto decided to protect Leon from the fire and thus took him out of the burning office, where a few witnesses had gathered outside, and called an ambulance and firemen to put out the fire and bring the maid and boy to hospital.

On 18 August 2003, Sundarti Supriyanto first stood trial in the High Court of Singapore for the double murder charges relating to the deaths of Ng and Crystal.

Sundarti Supriyanto was represented by Singaporean lawyer Mohamed Muzammil bin Mohamed, who was assisted by Johan Ismail.

Sundarti Supriyanto nevertheless rejected the allegations that Ng forced Sundarti to eat the children's faeces as he found it too hard to believe.

Also, he said that Sundarti Supriyanto was facing a pitiful plight since had come from a foreign land to earn income to provide her family a better life, but was now facing a serious charge that could carry the death penalty.

Since Sundarti Supriyanto's crime took place nearly five years after the date of the appeal verdict, her life sentence meant "natural life" and she would serve it for the rest of her natural lifespan, though she still can be released on parole for good behaviour after at least 20 years of her sentence.

The prosecution did not appeal against the High Court's verdict, and Sundarti Supriyanto herself did not appeal against her sentence.

Reportedly, Sundarti Supriyanto was grateful for the reduction of her charges and her 51-year-old mother Binarti was grateful to the mercy shown by the courts and her daughter's lawyer, as well as the support from the Indonesian embassy, who sent representatives to the trial to give support to Sundarti Supriyanto and her family.

Additionally, Sundarti Supriyanto made an apology publicly in court to Ng's bereaved family over her crime.

Sundarti Supriyanto made sure that his son could be fluent in both Chinese and English by communicating with him in both languages.

Sundarti Supriyanto's case was re-enacted in Singaporean crime show Crimewatch in the show's first episode in the year 2005; this episode is available on meWATCH.

Sundarti Supriyanto's case was re-enacted in True Files, another local crime show.