An Indian couple in Singapore has been jailed and fined up to 15,000 Singapore dollars after being found guilty of abusing their domestic helper from India, a media report said on Friday.
Farah Tehseen was sentenced to 21 months while her husband Mohammed Tasleem was sentenced to four-month of jail for abusing Amandeep Kaur from the very starting day after hiring her in November 2016, The Straits Times reported.
During the initial hearing of the case on June 9, the prosecution said Farha and Tasleem lashed out at Ms.Kaur as they saw her as a “poor performer” who “did not meet their standards”.
Farha repeatedly assaulted Ms.Kaur in November and December 2016 and also threatened to beat the maid with a stick, the paper reported.Tasleem punched and kicked the maid on two separate occasions, the court heard.
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