Couple abused maid who was caned, given insufficient food and forced to eat own vomit


Former regional information technology manager Tay Wee Kiat and his wife Chia Yun Ling, a part-time events administrator, are expected to be sentenced on March 18, 2019.PHOTO: ST FILE.

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A sales manager wedged a funnel into the mouth of one of her maids and forced a mixture of rice and sugar down her throat after the woman complained about not having enough to eat, a court was told.

Chia Yun Ling then ordered Moe Moe Than to eat her own vomit when the domestic worker threw up. The Myanmar national, 32, complied.

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