Fatal Myanmar maid abuse in Singapore: Cop admits to lifting victim off the ground by her hair


Suspended policeman Kevin Chelvam said he was frustrated with the helper. - PHOTOS: KELVIN CHNG, HELPING HANDS FOR MIGRANT WORKERS

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Suspended policeman Kevin Chelvam admitted in court on May 27 that he had grabbed domestic helper Piang Ngaih Don by her hair and lifted her off the ground in a fit of anger a month before her death.

The 24-year-old Myanmar national weighed only 24kg when she died on July 26, 2016, compared with just over a year before in May 2015 when she was 39kg.

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