'BIBIK SETAN!'

By PEARL LEE

ON Monday, 11-month-old Mohd Naim Alma Zaadi died.
He had allegedly been abused by his Indonesian maid.
Yesterday, at the Petaling Jaya magistrate’s court, police applied for an extension on her remand order.

When the family heard that she would be there, they decided to give her a ‘reception’.
Seething with anger, they hurled abuse at the maid who cowered and covered her face as she was brought in to court.

“Bibik setan! Tak payah tutup muka tu, tak payah malu, buka jer muka tu; setan, setan!” they yelled. BIBIK setan! Tak payah tutup muka tu, tak payah malu, buka jer muka tu; setan, setan! ( Yo u ’re an evil maid. No need to cover you face, just show your evil face!”) Those were among the abuse hurled by the relatives of 11-month-old Mohd Naim Alma Zaadi to his Indonesian maid, who was remanded in connection with the toddler’s death.

Mohd Naim’s relatives came in full force at the Petaling Jaya ma- gi s t ra t e ’s court yesterday during the granting of an extension to the maid’s remand order.
They included Mohd Naim’s sib- lings, cousin, grandmother, uncle and aunt. They came at 2pm.
His parents, Norashikin Mohd Ali and Alma Zaadi Annwar, were not there as they were still griev- ing over his death.

“We are here to give her a piece of our mind. His brother and sis- ter are also here to represent their p a re nt s, ” said Mohd Naim’s grand- mother, Hanipah Abdul Jalil, 67.
Mohd Naim died on Monday at 12.30am at Subang Jaya Medical Centre after being warded the week before.

The toddler was brought to the hospital on Aug 22, when the maid called and told Norashikin that he had had two epileptic fits. However, doctors found that he had a cracked skull.
They told Norashikin that the crack was fresh and suspected that it could be due to abuse.
The maid was then remanded by police. After the toddler died, the case was reclassified as murder.

“How does one explain to a four-year-old boy that he will never see his baby brother again,” said Hanipah.
This is the predicament faced by the family in trying to explain Mohd Naim’s death to his brother, Mohd Naufal.
“He cried when he saw his mother crying after performing her evening prayers yesterday, but he does not really know what’s going on.” “He had been asking us about his brother, and we told him that God loves Mohd Naim and had taken him back,” Hanipah said.
Speaking to The Malay Mail out- side the court yesterday, Hanipah said Naim was her 16th grandchild and the youngest.

She said the last time she saw him was at her home in Kuantan, a week before he was warded.
“It breaks my heart each time I realise that I will never see my grandson again,” she added.
Mohd Naim’s aunt, Noor Adzilah Mohd Salih, 38, said Mohd Naufal and his six-year-old sister, Nurul Nasuha, were at the court because they wanted to see the hantu who had allegedly caused Mohd Naim’s death .

“I feel bad because I was the one who recommended the maid agency to my sister-in-law,” s he said.
“We are here to support the parents and the other family members who are all grieving at ho me, ” she said.

Nurul Nasuha, who was waiting anxiously for bibik’s arrival, kept asking her aunt when she would arrive. She sat up straight when she spotted the maid arriving in a police van.
The little girl was also seen yelling at the maid when she was brought to court yesterday.
Magistrate Maimoonah Aid ex- tended the remand order to Sept 5 after an application was made by the prosecuting officer.