AN INDONESIAN maid who was allegedly abused by three members of a household told a district court on Monday that her employer punched and slapped her for taking milk powder and his toothpaste.

Ms Susilawati Kusnata, 26, was hungry and took the milk powder but before she could eat it, her employer's mother-in-law, Teng Chen Lian, 67, found out.

When her boss, Stanley Kuah Kian Chong, a bank executive, was told about it when he returned home that evening on July 4 last year, he punched her on the forehead and slapped her a few times.

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