Flor Ramos Contemplacion (January 7, 1953 – March 17, 1995) was a Filipino domestic worker executed in Singapore after being convicted for murdering two individuals. Her execution severely strained relations between Singapore and the Philippines. Early life Contemplacion was born in San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines. Background of case On 4 May 1991, Delia Mamaril Maga (born on October 6, 1955 in Tarlac), a Filipino domestic worker, was found strangled to death in Singapore. A three-year-old boy, Nicholas Huang, whom Maga had been taking care of, was discovered drowned. Although Huang's father could not identify a suspect, the police learnt about Contemplacion through Maga's diary. The police interrogated Contemplacion, who initially confessed to the crimes of murdering Maga and Huang. Contemplacion never retracted her confession, and the Philippine Embassy in Singapore deemed her confession credible. Trial On 29 January 1993, Flor Contemplacion was sentenced to death by hanging. Appeal On appeal, the case was sent back to the same trial judge to allow medical evidence to be heard. The defence then introduced medical evidence claiming that she had been suffering from a partial complex seizure (an unusual form of epilepsy) at the time of the killings, while the prosecution's medical evidence maintained that she was only suffering from a mild migraine on that day. The defence's medical evidence was rejected and she was again found guilty and sentenced to death. She received minimal consular support from the Philippine Embassy in Singapore throughout her trial and there was no representative from the Philippine Embassy present in court throughout the duration of the trial. The Department of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine Embassy in Singapore showed an active interest only in the weeks leading up to Contemplacion's execution, when emotions in the Philippines were running high. Philippines President Fidel V. Ramos wrote to Singapore President Ong Teng Cheong twice, once to grant clemency to Contemplacion and the other to delay execution to evaluate purported new evidence which had surfaced. Another Filipino maid, Emilia Frenilla, who had returned to the Philippines, alleged that she had overheard a conversation claiming Huang drowned during an epileptic seizure and Maga was killed by the child's relatives over his death. She subsequently left Singapore in fear of her life. The Alex Boncayao Brigade, a Filipino assassination unit of the Philippine New People's Army, threatened to kill Filipino officials and diplomats if they fail to stop Contemplacion's execution.