Woman convicted of abusing Myanmar maid, who was left with bruises and hearing loss
SINGAPORE - A 51-year-old woman was on Friday (Feb 26) convicted of two counts of abusing her maid, in attacks which left the Myanmar national with bruises and the loss of hearing in her left ear. Both incidents occurred in 2017 at Gayathri Iyer's home at the Pebble Bay condominium in Tanjong Rhu Road. District Judge Tan Jen Tse convicted the Singaporean of two maid abuse charges after a trial. She was, however, acquitted of two other counts of maid abuse as the judge found that the maid's evidence in these instances had not been "unusually convincing". Gayathri is represented by lawyer Amarjit Singh Sidhu and her bail was set at $15,000. She will be sentenced on March 17. For each count of assaulting a maid, an offender can be jailed for up to three years and fined up to $7,500. More on this topic Related Story Fatal abuse of Myanmar maid: Govt to review 3 areas to ensure it doesn't happen again Related Story Courts & Crime: Read more stories Correction note: An earlier version of this story had the wrong picture of the offender. This has been removed. We are sorry for the error.
Woman who abused two maids in separate incidents sentenced to 5 weeks’ jail
SINGAPORE - A woman who physically abused two maids in separate incidents was sentenced on Thursday (Feb 4) to five weeks' jail. Elizabeth Poh Chiew Lian was ordered to pay one of them, Ms Munawaroh, $1,200 as compensation. District Judge Brenda Tan also told Poh to give the other maid, Ms Moe Moe San, $1,780. Poh will spend an additional seven days behind bars if she is unable to pay the amounts. The 67-year-old Singaporean had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of causing hurt to Ms Munawaroh, who goes by only one name, and an assault charge involving Ms Moe Moe San. Four other charges involving both maids were considered during sentencing. The court heard that Poh had employed four different domestic helpers in the three years up to 2018. Ms Munawaroh, 40, started working for her on June 2, 2018. Just 13 days later, Poh pinched her on the right upper arm for "failing to perform her duties properly". Poh was unhappy with the maid's "work attitude" on July 8 that year and pinched her on the right wrist. On other occasions, the court heard that Poh also hit Ms Munawaroh's back with a shoe, poured water over her head and berated the woman by calling her "idiot" and "stupid". Unabl...