[Stop-traffic] News/Malaysia: Maid abuse case shocks Malaysia

[morhant at igc.org]

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/3732241.stm

Published: 2004/05/20 12:23:19 GMT

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Maid abuse case shocks Malaysia 

EXCERPT:

An Indonesian maid has told a harrowing story of how she was repeatedly burnt with an iron and scalded with boiling water by her Malaysian employer's wife. 
Nirmala Bonat, 19, told reporters she had been abused on a daily basis for the last five months. 

Malaysian newspapers carried front-page photos of her horrific bruises and scars, in what police claim is the country's worst case of maid abuse. 

She has now been given shelter at the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur. 


Her alleged abuser has been arrested and could face a long jail term. 

Maid's plight