Man jailed for enslaving, assaulting vulnerable woman

He was found guilty in May of intentionally possessing the 61-year-old Malaysian woman as a slave and one count of assault.

The jury was told the woman, who cannot be legally identified, escaped from Chong's Melbourne home in October 2022.

He had kept her as a slave since January of that year and controlled her access to the outside world as she was made to clean and care for his children unpaid.

Chong also threatened and coerced the woman to provide domestic services, including massaging his feet, under threat of assault or hunger.

Victorian County Court Judge Peter Cahill on Friday determined Chong's moral culpability was high.

"Your treatment of her was callous and cruel," the judge said on Friday.

"You exploited her vulnerabilities to use her as your property."

Chong received a non-parole period of four years but he will likely be deported to his home country of Malaysia at the end of his sentence.

Chong's wife, Angie Liaw, 32, was also accused of assisting her husband and she too faced trial. 

But Judge Cahill found her not guilty of the offence on May 7, telling the jury she should be acquitted as a matter of law.