By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent

AN INDONESIAN maid was charged on Thursday with threatening to kill her employer's baby boy to cause alarm to her.

Nurhasanah, 29, allegedly held a pair of scissors near to the baby's body and told the boss to 'send me home now, send me to the airport to buy ticket or I will kill this child'.

The alleged incident occurred at a flat in Jurong West on Tuesday.

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