By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent

In the note - her second to the neighbour - MsSri Sinta Sunarti detailed four months of abuse at the hands of her employers.

The maid, 24, said she could not stand the torment any longer and wanted to go home.

Yesterday, her boss, Siti Aishah Yeo, and her husband, Helmi Aziz, were each sentenced to three weeks in jail on one charge each of assault.

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