[Maid abuse] Singapore is a very evil and lawless country. There is broad daylight injustice.

[Maid abuse] Singapore is a very evil and lawless country.

There is broad daylight injustice.


Former regional IT manager Tay Wee Kiat and his wife, former senior sales manager Chia Yun Ling, were given two sets of sentences following two separate trials and appeals over the abuse of their Indonesian and Myanmar maids. ST FILE PHOTO

The maids whom these rich, well dressed but very evil people tortured should be given state funded lawyers to confiscate sufficient property to make up for the physical and emotional damage caused by working for such evil employers.

If the evil employers are unable to pay or have made deliberate efforts to conceal their wealth, then the jail term in lieu for non-payments should be calculated at the rate of maids salary and not time taken for the rich perpetrator to earn the equivalent salary.

E.g. : if there is evidence that the evil couple refused to pay the compensation $ of $17,850: "In lieu of paying compensation of $17,850 to the two maids, Tay will have to serve another six weeks, while Chia will have to serve an additional five weeks and 10 days."
The current court basis for the jail term is probably an estimate that the couples basic average salary was ~$2,142/week. (Calculated on basis that they served only 2/3 of ~12 weeks and 3 days in jail due to 'good behaviour ' to compensate for the $17,850 they told the prosecutors that they would refuse to pay.

In this case, their jail term in lieu should probably be 10 times at least longer assuming that their maid weekly salary is 10 times less than each of the employers (~$214.20/week): thus the courts ought to have jailed the evil employers for a total of 125 weeks (give each employer additional 63 weeks jail for their refusal to pay compensation to their injured and mistreated maids).

That said, the fact that the employers were given additional jail terms for declining the DPP request for them to pay compensation should not preclude the maids from hiring or accepting pro bono legal help to sue and confiscate the employers property for sale to make good the damage caused by their employers to their life and future.

Reference article :
Couple who abused 2 maids to serve jail terms consecutively https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/couple-who-abused-2-maids-to-serve-jail-terms-consecutively

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Couple who abused 2 maids to serve jail terms consecutively
Former regional IT manager Tay Wee Kiat and his wife, former senior sales manager Chia Yun Ling, were given two sets of sentences following two separate trials and appeals over the abuse of their Indonesian and Myanmar maids. ST FILE PHOTO

Former regional IT manager Tay Wee Kiat and his wife, former senior sales manager Chia Yun Ling, were given two sets of sentences following two separate trials and appeals over the abuse of their Indonesian and Myanmar maids. ST FILE PHOTO
Published 21st September 2019.

Concurrent sentences would enable duo to evade penalty for one set of offences: High Court
Selina Lum: Law Correspondent
The High Court yesterday ruled that a married couple, who are now in prison for abusing their Myanmar maid, will start serving their jail term for abusing their Indonesian maid only after completing their current sentence.

This means former regional IT manager Tay Wee Kiat, 41, will serve a total jail term of six years and one month for abusing both maids.

His wife, former senior sales manager Chia Yun Ling, 43, will serve a total term of four years and one month.

Tay and Chia had been given two sets of sentences, arising from two separate trials and appeals.

The commencement date for the first set of sentences had been put on hold pending the conclusion of the second set of proceedings.

Yesterday, a panel of three judges agreed with prosecutors that the two sets of sentences should run one after the other.

"We do not see any valid reason for the sentences to commence on an earlier date as that would virtually enable the accused persons to evade punishment entirely for one set of offences," said Justice See Kee Oon.

In lieu of paying compensation of $17,850 to the two maids, Tay will have to serve another six weeks, while Chia will have to serve an additional five weeks and 10 days.

PAYING THE PRICE

We do not see any valid reason for the sentences to commence on an earlier date as that would virtually enable the accused persons to evade punishment entirely for one set of offences.

JUSTICE SEE KEE OON

The court, which also comprised Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon and Judge of Appeal Tay Yong Kwang, declined the prosecution's request for examination and seizure of the couple's assets as a consequence of not paying compensation.

The court noted that the prosecution had elected to seek default jail terms, among other mechanisms prescribed by law.

"If the prosecution had wanted to seek orders for examination and garnishment, the necessary directions ought to have been sought at the last hearing before us."

Tay and Chia had abused their maids in mostly separate incidents over a period of almost two years.

The exception was an incident in which Tay kicked the two maids after making them get into a push-up position.

He also ordered the two maids to slap each other 10 times, and forced them to bow and get up in front of a Buddhist altar 100 times, even though one was a Muslim and the other a Christian.

Ms Khanifah (above), a mother of two, suffered permanent disfiguration, including a deformed left ear and scars on her forehead, among other injuries. The prosecution called the abuse inflicted on her by Zariah Mohd Ali (left), 58, and her husband Mo

Tay had forced Ms Fitriyah, an Indonesian who goes by one name, to stand on one leg on a stool while holding another stool above her head, with a bottle shoved into her mouth.

Chia had force-fed Ms Moe Moe Than a mixture of rice and sugar through a funnel. When the Myanmar maid threw up as a result, Chia scolded her and told her to eat her own vomit.

The couple were first convicted and sentenced in 2017 for abusing Ms Fitriyah.

In March last year, following the prosecution's appeal, Tay's jail term for abusing Ms Fitriyah was increased from 28 months to 43 months. Chia's jail term remained at two months.

In March this year, the couple were convicted and sentenced for abusing Ms Moe Moe Than. They started serving their sentences for this set of charges on March 27.

Last month, Tay's jail term for abusing Ms Moe Moe Than was increased from 24 months to 30 months after an appeal by the prosecution. There was no change to Chia's jail term of 47 months.

Yesterday, Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Wen Hsien argued that the two sets of sentences should run consecutively.

Consecutive sentences would reflect the couple's total criminality, the DPP argued, noting that there were multiple charges for unrelated offences against two different victims.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/couple-who-abused-2-maids-to-serve-jail-terms-consecutively

 

Couldn't be worse than Saudi Arabia.

Rich couple refused to pay $18,000. (even though that represents only a month and a half of income for them)
Sounds very Asian.

I can so so see this in Singapore.