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    Melbourne couple allegedly beat and starved woman enslaved in their home

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    1. Giuseppe_exitplan on

      “An Indonesian woman was beaten, deprived of food, and forced to sleep on the stairs or garage during a months-long ordeal where she allegedly worked as a “slave” for a Melbourne couple, the Victorian County Court has heard.”

      Unfortunately, it gets worse from here on.

      “The Indonesian worker, who cannot be named for legal reasons, agreed to live with the couple at their Point Cook property as Ms Liaw was giving birth to her second child.

      The alleged victim was meant to stay for a month in early 2022, the court heard, but Mr Chong blamed the alleged victim for the loss of a company credit card and told her she must work off the debt.

      Afterwards, Mr Chong “heavily controlled” the alleged victim’s life, prosecutor Shaun Ginsbourg S.C. told the court.”

      This makes me so sad.

      Edit: “”Mr Chong threatened and coerced [the alleged victim] to provide domestic services,” he said.

      “He repeatedly told her she had to work to repay supposed debts. And when [the victim] failed to meet Mr Chong’s expectations … they would punish her by assaulting her, also by depriving her of sleep and food.”

      Mr Chong is accused of knowingly using the woman as a slave, while his wife is charged with assisting or encouraging the offence.

      Defence lawyers told the court various allegations are in dispute, including claims of abuse, sleep or food depravation, as well as the credit card story.

      “There may be reasons [the complainant] may exaggerate or embellish or say things that are untruthful,” Mr Chong’s defence lawyer Diana Price said.

      The pair have pleaded not guilty.”

    2. terrabellan on

      >He denied ordering her to do tasks, saying it was her idea.

      >She moved to Australia on a tourist visa to live with the couple in 2017, but the pair returned to Malaysia without telling her, throwing her into homelessness for four years.

      >The complainant died in 2024, but this is not related to the case.

      So sad that this woman passed away before seeing these people get a bit of what they deserve.

    6. hungry-tbh on

      This makes me so mad. I’m glad there was a nurse to raise her concerns to police, else this would’ve gone unnoticed. RIP.

    7. ps4db on

      Modern day slavery does exist, especially amongst Asians, who’ll not bat an eyelid to take advantage of their disadvantaged countrymen/women.

      And of course you have the Middle East that has an influx of workers from Asia and who get routinely abused as well.

      Makes you wonder how many more get taken advantage of in their home countries where these incidents are either not reported/under-reported and the perpetrators go completely unpunished.

    8. Last-Mirror1458 on

      The cartoon of Chee Kit Chong and wife Angie Yeh Ling Liaw looks absolutely nothing like the photo of the couple in the article. Is there a court order that prohibits their real faces from being shown on reddit but not on ABC news?

    10. bricklegos on

      For context as someone who was born and grew up in that region, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore are all very similar to each other culturally…

      We went to Australia to do this to our own? ☠️

    11. sql-join-master on

      How does shit like this happen. I assume one of the couple was the main perpetrator, but how do you get your partner on board? It’s always so baffling to me. Both deserve a long time in jail if the accusations are correct

    12. knowledgeable_diablo on

      Desperation is really allowing the full on degenerate scum to try on and get away with a shit tonne of stuff. Really hope they get fucking slammed legally.

    13. straishio on

      Approximately 40,000 people are estimated to live in conditions of modern slavery in Australia today. It happens before our very eyes. May the poor woman rest in peace ❤️

    14. evilbrent on

      I hate “can’t be named for legal reasons”.

      What about “won’t be named for decency reasons”?

      It’s like when grown men describe sex with 17 year olds as being illegal – I mean yes, but that’s not the reason it’s abhorrent right?

      I miss the days when the news would simply not refer to the victims of crimes by name, because, you know, that’s a disgusting invasion of privacy, without having to explain to the reader that they’re legally compelled to do the decent human thing.

    17. Roulette-Adventures on

      When I read stories like this my anger grows rapidly, but I cannot comment on how I might punish them without being banned from Reddit – again!

      Lock them up and never let them out.

    18. moojo on

      > Her unlawful immigration status made her vulnerable to exploitation

      Why wasnt she caught and deported then?