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Woman jailed for maid abuse
Mon, Nov 10, 2008
The Straits Times

A WOMAN administrator was jailed for five weeks on Monday for maid abuse.

Tay Wan Leng, 41, pleaded guilty to pinching the right arm of Indonesian Istikomah, pulling her shirt and slapping her face, back and head several times at her home in Woodlands on Jan 22.

A court heard that Tay lashed out at the maid after discovering that the 27-year-old had not followed her instructions to soak her husband's and her clothes.

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