SINGAPORE, June 11 -- A 62-year-old man was sentenced to three months and 10 days in jail in Singapore yesterday for assaulting his family's domestic helper after she told his wife about his inappropriate behaviour.

The Straits Times reported that the man, whose identity is protected to safeguard the victim, was also ordered to pay S$1,000 (RM3,300) in compensation.

He was found guilty after trial of causing hurt, using criminal force and insulting the helper's modesty.

The incident began on September 1, 2022, when the man made sexual remarks to the helper in a mix of Malay and Bahasa Indonesia.

When she rebuffed him, citing religious reasons, he told her: "Whatever things between me and you, only both of us know. Between you and Ma'a...