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    "data": {
        "id": 1349208,
        "msgid": "cash-no-way-to-settle-abuse-case-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-10-02 00:00:00",
        "title": "Cash no way to settle abuse case",
        "author": null,
        "source": "DPA",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Cash no way to settle abuse case SINGAPORE: A woman who sought to avoid trial for abusing an Indonesian maid by offering an apology and cash was behind bars on Wednesday serving a four-month prison term after the Chief Justice threw out her appeal. Jill Ho Yean Theng, 29, was convicted last April of abusing Sartini Warsono five times.",
        "content": "<p>Cash no way to settle abuse case<\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE: A woman who sought to avoid trial for abusing an<br>\nIndonesian maid by offering an apology and cash was behind bars<br>\non Wednesday serving a four-month prison term after the Chief<br>\nJustice threw out her appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Jill Ho Yean Theng, 29, was convicted last April of abusing<br>\nSartini Warsono five times.<\/p>\n<p>She hit Sartini, 23, on the arm with a bamboo pole, scratched<br>\nher on the face with a key, struck her with a high-heeled shoe,<br>\nhit her with a basket and scratched her face with her fingers.<\/p>\n<p>Ho, now divorced with a 4-year-old daughter, offered Sartini<br>\nan apology and S$5,000 (US$2,800) to settle the case last<br>\nNovember, but the court would not allow it.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Counsel K.S. Rajah argued on Tuesday the four-month<br>\nsentence was excessive since Ho had apologized and the maid<br>\nagreed to accept the money.<\/p>\n<p>\"Not while I am Chief Justice,\" said Yong Pung How. \"I have to<br>\ntake the public interest into account.\"<\/p>\n<p>Dismissing the appeal, Yong said the sentence was clearly not<br>\nexcessive. -- DPA<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/cash-no-way-to-settle-abuse-case-1447893297",
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