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Singapore woman jailed for six months for beating Philippine domestic worker
- Tan Bee Kim hit and slapped her helper Zeny Aquino Landingin with shoes and household items several times between 2012 and 2018
- She initially denied guilt but decided to plead guilty to a single charge. Twelve other counts of causing hurt were taken into consideration for sentencing
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A 54-year-old Singapore woman who repeatedly struck and slapped her domestic worker over at least five years, using items like a high-heeled shoe and a ladle, was sentenced to six months’ jail on Tuesday.
Tan Bee Kim, a former Furama Hotel employee, initially contested her offences but decided to plead guilty to a single charge midway through her trial.
Twelve other counts of causing hurt to Zeny Aquino Landingin, now 48 and a mother of six, were taken into consideration for sentencing. Tan will begin serving her sentence on October 30.
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Landingin testified that she made handwritten notes of the abuse to use as evidence against her employer, and that she endured it to earn money for her family back in the Philippines.
She worked for Tan from September 2012 to March 2018, earning a monthly basic salary of S$450 (US$330), but Tan deducted small sums when Landingin damaged any items in the flat.
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