Couple pleads guilty to torturing friend who died after 8 months of abuse

Tan Hui Zhen and her husband, Pua Hak Chuan, were arrested for the murder of Annie Ee Yu Lian on April 13, 2015.PHOTO: LIANHE WANBAO.

SINGAPORE: Nearly every day for months, a 31-year-old woman physically abused a friend who lived with her, to "punish" her for lying and other purported misdeeds.

In March 2015, Tan Hui Zhen and her husband Pua Hak Chuan started using a 1-kg roll of shrink wrap to assault the victim, a 26-year-old waitress who had intellectual disabilities. They deliberately targeted her buttocks, where her injuries would be inconspicuous.