SINGAPORE, Oct. 16 -- An Indonesian domestic helper who filed a false police report accusing her employer's husband of rape in a desperate attempt to end their affair has been sentenced to one week in jail.

The woman, who cannot be named due to a gag order protecting the man's identity, pleaded guilty on Oct 14 to one charge of giving false information to a police officer, The Straits Times reported.

The court heard that the helper was hired in May 2023 to care for the family's infant son, and an affair with the husband began in September 2024.

Feeling guilty and suspecting the man's wife knew about their relationship, she decided to make the false report to end it.

On Feb 25, she lodged a police report claiming the man had sexually a...