The victim was made to do chores without pay, confined to the flat for a year and a half, and chained nightly either to a bed, a metal plate fixed to a wall or to the toilet bowl. Photo: Shutterstock Images Singapore Asia / Southeast Asia Singapore family in court for treating woman as slave, chaining her up and knocking out teeth The victim was close to death after the ‘abuse, cruelty and vileness’, which caused malnourishment, incontinence, ear deformity, sepsis and pneumonia Four pleaded guilty to various crimes including assault and lying to the police to protect the family while the matriarch’s case is still pending

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