Off to prison: Tay (left) and chia were found guilty of abusing Than after a 31-day trial.
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean couple was jailed for abusing a Myanmar maid after the pair force-fed her with a funnel, made her eat her own vomit and threatened to kill her family if she reported the maltreatment.
In a case described by prosecutors as “arguably one of the worst of its kind” in the city-state, the married couple – who were sentenced two years ago over the abuse of another maid – beat and kicked their helper and made her clean the house in her underwear.
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