'Callous and cruel': suburban slave owner jailed

Chee Kit "Max" Chong kept a Malaysian woman as a slave, controlling her access to the outside world (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

A callous man will spend six years behind bars for exploiting a vulnerable woman and keeping her as a slave for nine months.

The woman had considered Chee Kit "Max" Chong, 47, like a son, and the 61-year-old followed him to Australia from Malaysia.