Indian-origin woman in Singapore sentenced to 30 years in jail for torturing domestic help to death

The convict, Gaiyathiri Murugayan, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for relentlessly abusing her domestic help over the course of about 14 months. This is the longest jail term meted out in Singapore in a domestic help abuse case.

A 41-year-old Indian-origin Singaporean woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Tuesday for committing various acts of abuse against her domestic help for over 14 months, which eventually led to the latter's death, according to a report in Channel News Asia. This is the longest prison sentence meted out in Singapore in a domestic help abuse case.