Police officer, wife get sentenced to prison for trafficking, severely injuring maid

KUALA LUMPUR: A police officer and his wife were sentenced to 12 and 10 years in prison, respectively, by the Klang Sessions Court for trafficking their Indonesian maid for forced labour exploitation, causing the woman to suffer severe injuries.

Judge Zulqarnain Hassan handed down the sentence to S. Vijayan Rao, 40, and his wife, K. Rineshini Naidu, 37, after finding that the defence failed to raise reasonable doubt at the end of the defence's case.