Facing the law: Chelvam (left) was the last of three people to be convicted for abusing Don, who weighed a mere 24kg when she died in 2016. — The Straits Times/ANN
Suspended police officer Kevin Chelvam was sentenced to 10 years’ jail 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.
