Linda Seah Lei Sie (left) and her husband Lim Toon Leng were found guilty of abusing their maid following a 15-day trial on Jan 18, 2019. The Straits Times/Asia News Network .
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Tormented for months, a maid was forced to perform multiple acts of self-harm, including pouring scalding hot water on herself and drinking dirty water mixed with detergent.
Phyu Phyu Mar also did not receive her monthly salary of $700 (RM2,126) throughout her employment with her abusers, and her weight plummeted from 50kg to 38kg because of a lack of food.
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