{
  "id": 5505001,
  "title": "Malaysian jailed 6 years in Australia for enslaving Indonesian woman",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/malaysian-jailed-6-years-in-australia-for-enslaving-indonesian-woman-5505001",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T05:39:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/09/04/malaysian-jailed-6-years-in-australia-for-enslaving-indonesian-woman"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Melbourne, Australia, a Malaysian man has been sentenced to six years in prison for enslaving an Indonesian woman and assaulting her. Judge Michael Cahill described Chong Chee Kit's treatment of the victim as callous and cruel, ruling that he treated her as property. Chong was found guilty of keeping the woman as a slave from February to October 2022. His wife, Angie Liaw, was acquitted of involvement in the alleged enslavement. The couple was charged together in 2023. Chong had established a \"mother-son\" relationship with the now-deceased 60-year-old woman, who had moved to Australia from Malaysia in 2017. In 2022, Chong returned to Malaysia without informing the victim, leaving her homeless for four years. He then returned to Melbourne with his wife in early 2022, offering her a position with them for a month. Chong deprived the woman of food, proper medical care, and control over her movements throughout the offense period. She fled his home in October 2022 and was found unconscious in a hospital several days later, passing away in 2024.",
  "summary": "Chong Chee Kit, 47, will be eligible for parole in 2030 and is expected to be deported after completing his jail term.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Malaysian man jailed six years in Australia for keeping Indonesian woman as slave",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/malaysian-man-jailed-six-years-in-australia-for-keeping-indonesian",
        "published": "2026-09-04T07:40:11.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}