菲傭遭新加坡夫婦虐待 體重僅29公斤!

A Singaporean couple – Lim Choon Hong and his wife Chong Sui Foon – were jailed last Monday for starving their FiliPina domestic worker over a period of 15 months between 2013 and 2014.

新加坡一對夫妻--林俊宏和他的妻子鍾瑞鳳，涉嫌在2013年到2014年的15個月內讓菲律賓籍女傭捱餓，於上週一被判入獄。

Lim, a trader, was jailed three weeks and fined S$10,000, while Chong was jailed for three months.

林俊宏的職業是一名交易員，被判服刑3周，罰款10000新元，而妻子鍾瑞鳳被判服刑3月。

The couple's maid Thelma, who is in her 40s, was given only white bread and instant noodles to eat twice a day during the period.

這對夫婦的女傭，40多歲的塞爾瑪，每天只能獲准吃兩頓飯，通常都是幾片白麪包或是一些泡麪。

By the time she ran away in April 2014 and sought help from migrant advocacy group HOME, Thelma had lost almost 20kg and weighed just 29kg.

直到2014年4月，塞爾瑪終於逃了出來，並向外來務工人員援助團體求助，此時她已經瘦了20公斤，只有29公斤重。

According to media reports, the prosecution will appeal against the sentences, having asked for a year's jail for each of them.

據媒體報道，檢察機關打算提出上訴，請求判處這對夫妻各一年的監禁。

Chong had claimed that her actions were due to her mental illness as she had been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder as an adult.

據悉，妻子鍾瑞鳳聲稱，她的行爲是由於自己患有精神疾病--她曾被診斷爲強迫性精神障礙。

However, after hearing the testimony of three psychiatrists, District Judge Low Wee Ping decided that Chong's behaviour had nothing to do with her condition.

但是在聽取了三名精神科醫生的證詞後，地區法官Low Wee Ping認爲鍾瑞鳳的行爲和她的病情無關。