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Singaporean sued for hitting Pinay with spoon


MANILA, Philippines - A 31-year-old pregnant woman faced a Singaporean court on Thursday after hurting her Filipina maid with a spoon last year. Online news site Straits Times reported that Michelle Tham Shear used a metal spoon to hit Merlyn Catamin Caro on the cheek and shoulder. Shear also scratched Caro's cheek. The incident took place at Shear's condominium at Hillview Avenue last September 26. Earlier this month, a Singaporean engineer was sentenced to three weeks in jail for hitting his Filipino maid with a rolling pin in 2007. Xing Likun, 36, admitted hitting Irene Israel Miguel on the calf and back with the rolling pin and kicking her on her knee on July 18 last year. -GMANews.TV
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