Jail for Myanmar maid who hit and punched one-year-old boy, lied to parents that he fell

Myanmar national Hsu Yee Mon, 29, was sentenced to a year’s jail on Jan 21 after she pleaded guilty to one charge of ill-treating a child. - ST File Photo

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): While taking care of a one-year-old baby who was sick, a domestic helper forcefully pressed his abdomen, hit him in the face and punched him in the chest.

She then applied sugar to the baby’s bruises, and later lied to his parents that he was injured from a fall.