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A WOMAN whose husband has just completed a three-week jail term for molesting their Filipino maid will find herself checking in on Monday for a two-week sentence for abusing her.
Senior planner Thya Meng Hong, 42, pleaded guilty last month to caning and pinching the 24-year-old maid on her arms.
Two other charges were considered during the sentencing for the offence, which took place at her Paya Lebar Road home last November.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Luke Tang told the court that the maid, who began working for the family the month before, was in the kitchen when the couple's five-year-old son wanted her to write some numbers in his notebook.
When the maid said she was busy, the boy started to cry. She had no choice but to do what he had asked.
When Thya saw her writing in his notebook, she asked angrily why she was doing so and why the boy was crying.
The maid told her the boy had asked her to write as he was lazy. This made Thya even angrier, whereupon she picked up a cane and hit the maid, and pinched her as well.
Two days later, the maid lodged a police report on the abuse.
Mr Luke Lee, representing Thya, said she had been suffering from migraine and back pain from slipped discs.
Thya, who has been on medical leave since August, had been under stress from having to return a succession of maids to the agency and train replacements from scratch, he added.
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