Maid in Penang forced to sleep outdoors with rottweiler dies
BUKIT MERTAJAM, MALAYSIA (THE
STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A day before she died, 21-year-old Adelina sat on the
porch, too terrified to respond to rescuers.
She only glanced at them and shook
her head. A black rottweiler, tied on a leash beside her, barked at the
rescuers.
Neighbours claimed the woman from
Medan, Indonesia, had been forced to sleep with the rottweiler on the porch for
over a month before she was found on Saturday (Feb 10).
Adelina died on Sunday (Feb 11) at
the hospital. The employer and her brother are being investigated for murder.
Her rescuers - assistants to Bukit
Mertajam MP Steven Sim - went on Saturday to the double-storey semidetached
house in Taman Kota Permai, in Penang, after being alerted by a journalist.
One of the rescuers, Por Cheng
Han, 29, said: "We arrived and saw her on the porch. She did not respond
to us and just shook her head.
"We spoke to the neighbours,
who told us they often heard the employer scolding her loudly from inside the
house."
He said he saw pus on what
appeared to be burn marks on the maid's legs.
"There was a woman in her 60s
at the house when we arrived," said Por, adding that she refused to send
the maid to the hospital and told them to mind their own business.
Por said he was given the phone
number of the woman's daughter - the maid's employer - who denied abusing the
woman and told them to wait for her to return.
They then contacted Tenaganita, an
NGO dedicated to protecting migrants from abuse, Por added.
When the employer returned, she
said that she had not mistreated the maid but admitted to having slapped her in
the past, according to Por.
The employer allegedly told him
that she had bought a cleaning chemical after the maid defecated in the
kitchen's drain hole and clogged it up.
"She claimed that the maid
had accidentally spilled the chemical on her legs and arms when pouring this
into the drain hole, causing chemical burns, and that despite being provided
with medication, she did not stop picking at her wounds, making them
worse," said Por.
He said before Tenaganita
volunteers arrive, the employer bundled Adelina into her car and drove out of
the house. So he called the police.
Central Seberang Prai OCPD Asst
Comm Nik Ros Azhan Nik Abdul Hamid said the 36-year-old woman and her
39-year-old brother had been detained.
ACP Nik Ros said Adelina, who came
to work in Malaysia about two years ago, had a swollen head and face, as well
as injuries on her feet.
"Attempts to record
statements from her were unsuccessful as she was still in fear," he said.
"We sent her to Bukit
Mertajam Hospital where she died."
The man and woman have been
remanded until Feb 14 for investigation under Section 302 of the Penal Code for
murder.
In a separate case, a couple from
Penang who were facing the gallows for starving their maid to death escaped
with a 10-year jail term each when the Federal Court of Malaysia convicted them
of a lesser charge on Jan 25.
Chief Justice Tun Md Raus Sharif
sentenced store owner Soh Chew Tong and his wife Chin Chui Ling to the jail
term for committing culpable homicide, instead of murder.
Soh, 48, and Chin, 45, were
previously convicted of murdering their Cambodian maid Mey Sichan, 24, at their
home in Taman Asas Murni, Jalan Bukit Minyak in Bukit Mertajam, Penang, between
Jan 1 and April 1, 2012.
The maid, who started working with
the couple in July 2011, was found dead at the couple's shophouse with fresh
injuries on her body and severely dehydrated.
She had sunken cheeks and
eye-sockets, and weighed only 26.1kg at the time of her death.
Note:
In the above occasion, who is the real terrorist? The
employer of the poor, weak, diseases, severely malnourished, dehiydrated,
confused and disable maid is indeed the real terrorist or worst than terrorist
itself!!
1.
Why
the employer behave worst than animal? Or can the employer regarded as animal
themselves ?
2.
The
dead Maid is Muslim while both male and female nasty employer are Non Muslim.
3.
Question
here who are the really terorrist or havoc maker? Here is clearly understood
muslim is not terrorist and the nasty non muslim employer are the real
terrorist.
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