Longer jail term for man who abused Myanmar maid

Facing the law: Tay (left) and Chia have been accused of assaulting two maids. — The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: A former regional manager who assaulted his Myanmar maid – the second domestic worker he was convicted of abusing – had his jail term for the second set of charges raised from 24 months to 30 months by the High Court.The increase yesterday came after the prosecution appealed against the sentence imposed in March on Tay Wee Kiat, 41, on two charges relating to Moe Moe Than, 28.

The charges are for kicking Moe while she was in a push-up position and for instructing her to slap his other domestic worker, before making both maids worship in front of a Buddhist altar at home, even though one is a Christian and the other a Muslim.