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The Straits Times/Asia News Network August 15th, 2015 02:34 PM Len (not her real name), who has been working for her current employer for 14 years, intends to continue working for him. The Straits Times/Asia News Network A maid who won 2.3 million Singaporean dollars in the Singapore Sweep insists she has done nothing wrong, after police received a report from another person claiming that the winning ticket was stolen. Len (not her real name) told The Straits Times that she bought a Singapore Sweep ticket at a Tampines Singapore Pools outlet in June, while on her way to help a friend remit some money to the Philippines. That same night, the maid said she got the surprise of her life when her ticket won the lottery’s first prize, making her an instant multi-millionaire. The 44-year-old, who has worked for the same family in Pasir Ris for 14 years, claimed the prize money, deposited it into her bank account here and transferred some of it to her 22-year-old daughter and 23-year-old son in the Philippines. But last month, three officers from the Ang Mo Kio police division came to the flat where she works. She said they told her that someone had lodged a report claiming ownership of the winning ticket and that it had been stolen. Her employer’s son was with her at the time the police were questioning her. She said she was upset by the news, but has complied with requests to hand over details of her Read More …

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