Lim Choon Hong (right) and wife Chong Sui Foon arrive for sentencing Monday at the State Courts in Singapore. Thelma Oyasan Gawidan, 40, lost 20kg and weighed just 29.4kg in April 2014 after being given too little to eat for about 15 months, prosecutors said. "Thelma's case made it to court because it was so egregious," Wham said, adding that HOME was approached by an average of 20 domestic helpers a week. Government rules state that employers are responsible for providing "adequate" food, "acceptable" accommodation and medical treatment for domestic helpers. As of last December, there were 239,700 domestic helpers in Singapore, up from 231,500 in 2015, government data shows.

Source: Bangkok Post March 27, 2017 18:01 UTC