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。

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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。