“SINGAPORE: A High Court judge on Friday (Feb 14) overturned the guilty verdict of a woman who was accused of abusing two domestic helpers at her home in Sentosa Cove in 2018.

Tan Lee Hoon, 60, fought the allegations at a trial in the district courts but was convicted in December 2022 of seven charges of voluntarily causing hurt to the two maids, and acquitted of one charge.” https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/woman-abuse-maid-sentosa-cove-acquit-not-guilty-appeal-4938626#:~:text=SINGAPORE%3A%20A%20High,of%20one%20charge.

‘SUSTAINED PATTERN OF ABUSE’
Deputy Public Prosecutor Ng Jun Chong sought a jail sentence of between three months and eight months for each conviction, with a total jail term of between 10 and 13 months.

The prosecutor also sought compensation of S$2,500 for Ms Lozares and S$5,100 for Ms Vegafria for their pain and suffering as well as their loss of income.

Tan’s team of defence lawyers, comprising Mr Derek Kang, Mr Ammar Lulla and Ms Ng Sock Cheng from Cairnhill Law, argued that the threshold for a custodial sentence had not been crossed and instead sought a fine of between S$2,000 and S$7,500 for each charge.

In the alternative, the defence asked for jail terms as short as one day to about a week for each charge, amounting to one week to two weeks in total.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/oppressive-exploitative-maid-abuse-sentosa-cove-4883821