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The times of the strait
Oct 20, 2020
A woman repeatedly abused her maid for about five years, using household items such as a metal ladle, an earthenware mug and a high-heeled shoe to assault the woman.
On one occasion, 55-year-old Tan Bee Kim was so outraged that her maid, Ms. Zeny Aquino Landingin, had used a smaller ladle to serve her food that she hit the woman on the head and forehead with the utensil. , resulting in two hematomas, or localized bleeding outside the blood vessels, on the maid’s head.
That was the last straw for the 48-year-old Filipino who reported Tan to the police.
On Tuesday (October 20), Tan was sentenced to six months in jail. He had previously pleaded guilty to one count of willfully causing harm. 12 other similar charges were taken into consideration during his sentencing.
Court documents show that Ms Landingin worked for Tan’s family from September 2012 to March 25, 2018, when she reported Tan to the police.
She earned a basic monthly salary of $ 450, but Tan deducted sums from her salary every time she damaged items on the floor, according to court documents.
Tan repeatedly beat Ms. Landingin, sometimes pinching or slapping her with his hands, and other times using various instruments, such as a mobile phone, to hit her.
On March 24, 2018, the maid prepared and served Tan his dinner in the living room where Tan was watching television.
However, in the middle of dinner, Tan called Ms. Landingin and asked her which ladle she had used to serve her food. The maid retrieved the ladle from the kitchen and handed it to Tan, court documents show.
“However, the defendant told the victim to come closer and she used a metal ladle, which was intended to serve soup, to hit the victim twice on the left side of the head and once on the forehead, with the intent to harm the victim, “Deputy Prosecutors Muhamad Imaduddien and Tay Jia En said in court documents.
Ms. Landingin felt pain and swelling in her head. When the swelling persisted the next morning, he filed a police report.
In mitigation, Tan’s defense attorney, Manoj Nandwani, argued that Tan should not be given the full punishment, as he had shown remorse and pleaded guilty to the indicted charge from the beginning.
He also maintained that the victim did not suffer psychological harm from Tan’s actions, noting that he could confront Tan and enjoyed a certain degree of freedom.
However, District Judge Christopher Tan said such factors do not detract from the fact that Ms. Landingin was subjected to repeated abuse.
There were “multiple cases where the victim testified that she was afraid,” the judge said, adding that Ms. Landingin had also said she was afraid to make a report.
Tan will be delivered to court next week to serve his sentence.
