A Singaporean employer has been given a four-month jail sentence and ordered to pay S$4,440 in compensation to her migrant domestic worker after being found guilty of physically punishing her.
A Singapore an employer, Hazel Phang Fong Yen, has been given a four-month jail sentence and ordered to pay S$4,440 in compensation to her migrant domestic worker, Man Sian Hoih Cing, after being found guilty of physically punishing her.
The abuse began when Ms Man was 23 years old and started working for Phang in August 2022. She was slapped, punched, and scratched by Phang on multiple occasions, resulting in injuries to her face, eye, and chest. The Centre for Domestic Employees discovered the abuse after a phone call to Ms Man, leading to Phang's arrest. The court considered a second charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a domestic worker, which was taken into account during sentencing.
Singapore treats offences against MDWs seriously, with mandatory enhanced penalties for employers and household members who abuse domestic workers. The Deputy Public Prosecutor asked for Ms Man to be paid S$4,440 for her pain and suffering and two months of unemployment. Phang's abuse of Ms Man began when she forgot to check the expiry date of food, and she was slapped by Phang on the cheek.
Shortly afterwards, Phang slapped her again when she did not respond to a call for help, as she had not heard the employer calling her. In another incident, when Ms Man did not clean the bottles to Phang's satisfaction, the employer hit her in the eye. At another time, Phang scratched the helper on her neck and chest, causing bleeding to her skin.
At around the same time in October 2022, Phang asked the helper to water the plants, which she failed to do, as she was cooking for Phang's husband. Angered, she scratched Ms Man's face, again causing her skin to bleed. When the daughter of Phang's brother visited them the following day, she noticed that the helper's face was bleeding. She then informed her father, who took Ms Man to get medical attention.
A medical report from that hospital visit showed bruising on her face and abrasions on her face and chest, as well as blunt trauma to her eye. Two months later, she told the CDE during a phone call about the mistreatment she endured at Phang's hands. This resulted in a police report being filed on the same day and Phang's eventual arrest
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