A Singapore couple who fed their 40-year-old Filipino live-in domestic helper a starvation diet for more than a year were jailed and fined by a district court in Singapore on Monday.
The man Lim Choon Hong, a freelance trader by profession, was jailed three weeks and fined a maximum S$10,000 (US$7,174), while the wife Chong Sui Foon, was jailed three months for failing to provide adequate food to their maid, the Strait Times reported.
The victim Thelma Oyasan Gawidan, who worked for the couple from January 2013 to April 2014, was forced to live on bread and instant noodles twice a day. Her body weight fell to 29 kilograms from 49 kilograms, the court heard.
Gawidan also suffered hair loss and her menstruation stopped due to malnutrition.
According to the TODAY online, the wife was said to suffer from an obsessive-compulsive cleanliness disorder, but District Judge Low Wee Ping said this would not have led her to restrict the type and quantity of food she gave to Gawidan.
The prosecution indicated it may appeal the sentence as it argued for a maximum jail term of 12 months for both Lim and Chong.
If you cannot be able to take care of your housemaid as like as your pet please don’t hire a maid,because if you treated her badly she will remember it forever.
Crazy employer
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I cant believe heartless people like them ����
if got no money to buy food dont take maidlah so dumn
So, what did the maid get? Any compensation for the suffering she went through? The fine money goes to her or the government?
If u don’t treat helper as human being then u are not human u are BEAST crazy people cos u have money then u treat people like that shameful
Why their jail sentence is so light? Not fair lah
If you dont know hw to take care of them please dont hire.its a shame to yourself sure everyone knows about it.dont treat anyone this cruel.need a gd punishment for the employer.what goes around comes around.
This kind of employer is not human. They’re worse than a dogs.
So simple as that if they can’t afford to feed thier helper then don’t employ one
Seriously 1 x 3 weeks and 1 x couple of months in jail!! And Singapore promotes itself as being the progressive go to destination in Asia. Clearly not. More like 19th century Britain. Disgraceful.