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Melbourne man Chee Kit Chong jailed for at least four years for slavery offences A man who beat a woman he kept as a slave in Melbourne's west will spend at least four years behind bars. Chee Kit Chong, a 47-year-old Malaysian national, bashed and starved the Indonesian woman aged in her 60s between February and October 2022, while she lived with Chong and his family in their Point Cook home. He was found guilty earlier this year of intentionally keeping a slave and assault, while his wife...
Melbourne man Chee Kit Chong jailed for at least four years for slavery offences
A man who beat a woman he kept as a slave in Melbourne's west will spend at least four years behind bars.
Chee Kit Chong, a 47-year-old Malaysian national, bashed and starved the Indonesian woman aged in her 60s between February and October 2022, while she lived with Chong and his family in their Point Cook home.
He was found guilty earlier this year of intentionally keeping a slave and assault, while his wife Angie Liaw was acquitted.
Judge Michael Cahill sentenced Chong to a total of six years' imprisonment for forcing the woman into domestic servitude and assaulting her on at least one occasion, describing the abuse Chong inflicted on her as "callous and cruel".
"You treated her as a slave," Judge Cahill told the court this morning.
"That is, you used her like property you owned."
Slavery, a federal crime in Australia, carries a maximum term of 25 years behind bars.
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