Woman in SG who tortured Myanmar maid to death admits she tried to get rid of surveillance footage


Footage recorded between June and July 2016 by cameras installed in their three-bedroom flat in Bishan shows Prema kicking and punching the victim and pulling her up from the ground by her hair and shaking her head violently. — Image by fabrikasimf on Freepik

SINGAPORE: The woman who, together with her daughter, tortured Myanmar maid Piang Ngaih Don to death has admitted that she tried to hide surveillance footage of the abuse.

Prema S. Naraynasamy, 64, pleaded guilty to one charge of instigating her son-in-law, Kevin Chelvam, to cause evidence of the abuse, which was captured by cameras the family installed in the Bishan flat, to disappear.

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