By Elena Chong

AN INDONESIAN maid at the centre of a sensational abuse trial testified yesterday that she was reduced to ferreting milk powder to quell her hunger pains.

Ms Susilawati Kusnata said she lost 15kg during her four months working for Stanley Kuah Kian Chong and his family because of meagre meals, a heavy workload and regular beatings.

She fled her employer's home in Pasir Ris by climbing out of a fifth-floor kitchen window on July 5 last year. She said she weighed just 38kg then.

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