[Photo: Neighbours said they often heard the old woman scolding her maid and complaining about her performance.]

By Sujin Thomas

AN INDONESIAN maid was arrested soon after an elderly woman was found dead in her terrace house on Farleigh Avenue, in Serangoon Gardens estate, early on Thursday morning.

The 23-year-old maid had worked for the 87-year-old woman for barely a week, said neighbours.

The woman, with a cut on her forehead, was found lying motionless on the floor in the living room after police received a call at about 3.15am. She was pronounced dead at 3.40am.

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