Fatal abuse of Myanmar maid: Traffic Police officer sentenced to 10 years’ jail

Kevin Chelvam (left) was the last of three people to be convicted for abusing his Myanmar maid Piang Ngaih Don, who weighed a mere 24kg when she died in 2016. - ST/HELPING HANDS FOR MIGRANT WORKERS

SINGAPORE: Suspended police officer Kevin Chelvam was sentenced to 10 years’ jail on Thursday (July 17) over his involvement in one of Singapore’s worst fatal maid abuse cases.

After a trial in April, District Judge Teoh Ai Lin convicted the 46-year-old Traffic Police officer of one count of abetting his then wife Gaiyathiri Murugayan to voluntarily cause grievous hurt by starving Piang Ngaih Don, 24.