A 47-year-old Melbourne man who kept a vulnerable woman as a slave for nine months has been jailed for the “callous and cruel” offending.

A 47-year-old Melbourne man who kept a vulnerable woman as a slave for nine months has been jailed for the “callous and cruel” offending.

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