Singapore: Woman jailed for torturing, killing maid
By DW
26 June 2021 |
11:13 am
A Singaporean woman was sentenced to 30 years for starving, assaulting and eventually killing her domestic worker. The judge said the case was "among the worst types of culpable homicide."
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