SINGAPORE-The mother of a woman who abused a maid to death said that one month before the domestic helper died, she and her daughter were planning to terminate her contract and send her back home to Myanmar.... Prema said she could not remember when her daughter said she was facing the mental torture, but that it would happen quite often.“ With the maid, she( Gaiyathiri) felt like she was going to go crazy.... She spoke in Tamil via a translator, whom she kept her gaze on during most of the pr

SINGAPORE-The trial of staff sergeant Kevin Chelvam over the death of a Myanmar maid has been adjourned for the prosecution to prepare more evidence for the court.... Get top news of the day, and highlights from PM Lee's National Day Rally speech on Aug 20.... Gaiyathiri said that Chelvam had hurt the maid about a month before her death....

SINGAPORE – A woman who starved and tortured her maid from Myanmar until she died said on Tuesday her former husband had hurt their helper about a month before her death.... Woman who fatally abused her maid said policeman ex-husband hurt the victim Sign up Already have an account?... Get unlimited access to all stories at$ 0.99/ month for the first 3 months....

SINGAPORE-A 41-year-old housewife who starved, torturedand ultimately killed her domestic worker from Myanmar stared blankly into space as she was sentenced to 30 years' jail on Tuesday( June 22).In sentencing Gaiyathiri Murugayan, High Court judge See Kee Oon said:" Words cannot describe the abject cruelty of the accused's appalling conduct." He described the case as" among the worst type of culpable homicide", noting that the victim was made to suffer agonising harm for a long time before she