POFMA correction orders were issued to three websites - Gutzy Asia, Singapore Eye and The Online Citizen Asia - which had stated that the woman was a domestic worker from the Philippines.
SINGAPORE: A woman who had fallen to her death from an HDB block in Yishun was a Singaporean and not a Filipino migrant domestic worker, the Ministry of Manpower said on Monday .
Gutzy Asia, The Online Citizen Asia and Singapore Eye will be required to publish the correction notice on their website and online platforms, MOM said. On Oct 12, the police received a call for assistance at Block 874 Yishun Street 81. A woman was taken unconscious to the hospital, where she subsequently died.
Since April 2021, MOM officers have started house visits to engage some MDWs and their employers directly, the ministry said.
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