A Melbourne man, Chee Kit Chong, is sentenced to prison after being found guilty of intentionally keeping a woman as a slave and assaulting her through how he treated her. ABC Australia reports a four-year term, while other outlets report a six-year sentence, reflecting differences in how the punishment is described across coverage.

Multiple reports say the victim is an Indonesian woman in her 60s who lived in or was held in Chong’s suburban home. 7News Australia says she is deprived of basic human rights, including being made to sleep on stairs and in the garage. The West Australian and PerthNow describe her treatment as forced “slave-like” conditions, and say the man had previously been a cleaner and a former church pastor, with the victim describing him as someone she viewed with familial closeness.

Some outlets add context about the relationship and background, stating the woman considered Chong “like her son” and followed him to Australia from Malaysia. Across reports, the central focus is the court finding that Chong intentionally kept the woman in conditions amounting to slavery and assaulted her, leading to the custodial sentence.