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EXCLUSIVE Tragic life of the migrant maid 'lover murdered' by British businessman in Hong Kong: Fury at fate of Indonesian mum who toiled to send a pittance home By Neil Sears and Perkin Amalaraj Published: 21:58 EST, 3 November 2024 | Updated: 22:00 EST, 3 November 2024 e-mail The migrant maid who was allegedly murdered by her British businessman lover in Hong Kong toiled away to send a pittance to her family in Indonesia, who she was due to see shortly before her death. Married entrepreneur Jamie Chapman, 34, is in custody in Hong Kong accused of killing his alleged lover Mevi Novitasari, 25, after a night-time assignation at a waterfall beauty spot. It has been claimed the pair entered the small coastal park together - but Chapman, who is from Surrey and has a wife and young son in Hong Kong, left alone.

Miss Novitasari's body was found on the beach at the foot of the waterfall the next morning with serious head injuries last Monday. The Muslim single-mother had been working as a maidservant in the former British colony and sending a few hundred pounds a month home to her five-year-old daughter and parents in Cilacap, on Java, Indonesia . Tragically she had been due to return to their arms while awaiting the renewal of her two-year Hong Kong visa.



Last night grieving Miss Novitasari's mother Manisem said: 'We were eagerly expecting her home, but instead we received the news of her passing. Mevi Novitasari (pictured) was found dead at a famed beauty spot in Hong Kong last w.

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