One maid murdered, another faces murder charge

SUBANG JAYA: One maid was murdered while another is facing a murder charge in two unrelated incidents in Subang Jaya in the past two weeks.

About 12.30am on Sunday, 11-month-old Mohd Naim Alma Zaadi, who was warded at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre for alleged abuse, succumbed to his injuries after being hospitalised for five days.An Indonesian maid had been picked up from a house in Putra Heights by police to facilitate investigations into the case.Following Naim’s death, the case has now been reclassified as murder. The maid, 32, has been remanded until Aug 29.The baby’s head was swollen and there were also signs of bruises in medical tests carried out last Wednesday.

The baby’s mother, Norashikin Mohd Ali, 37, said it was a case of "biting the hand that feeds you"."We will never forgive the maid for her actions and can only wait for judgment day when she has to answer for what she has done," the grief-stricken assistant manager said."We treated her like a member of the family."Our trust in the maid was misplaced and now, my baby paid the price for it."Her husband, businessman Alma Zaadi Annwar, 36, declined to speak to reporters during his youngest son’s burial at the Muslim cemetery in USJ 22.The couple have another 4-year-old son.

In the other case, a couple who have been detained by police in connection with the death of their Indonesian maid, are expected to be charged on Thursday.The man is expected to be charged with destroying evidence while his wife is to be charged for murder.Kunasir, 24, from Central Java, was found dead in a double-storey terrace house in Puchong Perdana last Tuesday.She was found in her room about 7pm with bruises on her neck and back.

Her employers were picked up to facilitate investigations.

Police later obtained a remand order for the contractor, in his 30s, and his 29-year-old wife from the Petaling Jaya magistrate’s court.

Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar confirmed both the cases, saying that police had wrapped up investigations on the couple and would be charging them on Thursday.

"In the case of the baby’s death, we will seek an extension of the remand if we have not completed our investigations by tomorrow," he said.