SINGAPORE: A Filipina maid has accused a Singaporean couple of starving her for 15 months until her weight dropped to 29 kilos (64 pounds), Singapore media reported on Tuesday.

Thelma Gawidan, 40, who escaped in April 2014 to a shelter for migrant workers, told a trial court on Monday that she was only fed instant noodles and bread twice a day in a condominium at the posh Orchard Road area.

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