An Indonesian woman who was married with six children fell in love with a Singaporean man while working here as a domestic helper before tying the knot with him, for which she was later sentenced to two months\u2019 jail for bigamy.<\/p>\n
The 51-year-old, Aminan Sidauruk, pleaded guilty to one count of bigamy. A second charge of falsely declaring that she was unmarried was taken into consideration during sentencing.<\/p>\n
According to Shin Min Daily News, court documents showed that Aminan married a man in a Catholic wedding in Indonesia on Aug 6, 1992. The couple have never divorced, and they remain legally married.<\/p>\n
Between 2010 and 2012, she left Indonesia to work overseas, leaving her six children under her husband\u2019s care.<\/p>\n
In early 2025, while employed as a domestic helper in Singapore, Aminan met a Singaporean man online. The pair developed a romantic relationship soon after meeting in person and decided to settle down together.<\/p>\n
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On July 25, 2025, the Singaporean submitted a marriage application to the Registry of Marriages (ROM). Although he knew Aminan was already married, he declared in the application that she was single.<\/p>\n
The couple appeared before the ROM to make a statutory declaration on Sept 2, 2025, in which Aminan claimed she had never been married and was single. They officially registered their marriage on Oct 27, 2025.<\/p>\n
However, the police received a tip-off from ROM that Aminan might have committed bigamy. Following investigations, she was arrested on Apr 15, 2026.<\/p>\n
The prosecution argued that Aminan\u2019s actions had caused harm to her husband and six children in Indonesia, seeking a jail term of between three and four months.<\/p>\n
It added that she repeatedly misrepresented her marital status in both the marriage application and the statutory declaration, suggesting that the offence was premeditated rather than an impulsive decision.<\/p>\n
In mitigation, the defence said Aminan had registered the marriage because she genuinely loved the Singaporean man.<\/p>\n
Counsel noted that the marriage lasted only a few months, that she had acknowledged her wrongdoing and pleaded guilty, therefore urging the court to impose a sentence of one to two months\u2019 imprisonment.<\/p>\n
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