Man charged with raping maid

Tuesday September 18, 2007MYT 6:15:16 PM
By M. MAGESWARI

KUALA LUMPUR: Information technology manager Matsidi Samad, 29, was charged on Tuesday with three counts of raping his Indonesian maid in an apartment in Jalan Midah 8 in Cheras.

He was said to have raped the 34-year-old maid at midnight on July 1, at 1am on July 16 and midnight of July 24 respectively.

The maid, who is married with two children from Surabaya, had lodged a police report over the matter on July 29.

If convicted, Matsidi can be sentenced up to 20 years' jail and whipped for each of the three charges under Section 376 of the Penal Code.

Upon hearing his charges read out on Tuesday, Matsidi, whose eight-month pregnant wife had divorced him after the alleged incident, appeared composed.
He was said to have a child from his wife, who is an army doctor.

DPP Geethan Ram Vincent asked the court to deny bail saying that the offence was serious and that there is a possibility of him tampering with the prosecution's witness.

"There is a complaint that the accused had tried to attack the victim (when she told the story to his family) and it has been brought to the attention of the police," said the prosecutor.
He said the prosecution would suggest the bail be set at RM15,000 in one surety for each charge if the court decided to use its discretion to grant him bail.

DPP Geethan said the prosecution also wanted the court to impose additional bail conditions such as prohibiting him from contacting the witness.
He said the victim was currently staying with Matsidi's wife.
To this, his lawyer Najmuddin Daud said the accused had divorced his wife after the allegation was made against him.

Najmuddin asked for lower bail saying that the accused just started to work for a private company two months ago and that Matsidi, who is the third son of six siblings had to support his parents and siblings.

Sessions Court judge Mohd Nasir Nordin set his bail at RM10,000 in one surety and ordered him to report to the nearest police station once a month until the disposal of the case.
Mohd Nasir also forbade him from contacting the victim or he risked having his bail withdrawn.
He set Sept 26 for mention to fix a trial date after DPP Geethan said the prosecution wanted the court to hear the evidence of the maid soon.

Maid threatens to jump off building

PENANG: An Indonesian maid, who threatened to jump off from a 32-storey apartment block in Sungai Dua, was coaxed into giving up after an hour.

An apartment security guard, who declined to be named, said the maid was seen perching on the railings along the corridor of one of the floors at about 1am yesterday.
He said he alerted the police and Fire Services and Rescue Department after several attempts to get her off the railings failed.

Police and firemen managed to get the maid to safety at about 2am, he said.
The 22-year-old woman was sent to the Penang Hospital for a check-up.
Police sources said she made a police report later claiming that she resorted to committing suicide because she could not tolerate the constant abuse from the employer.

Police are investigating the allegation. The maid is reported to be in stable condition.
It is understood that she would be handed over to the Indonesian Consulate soon.

Couple charged over maid’s death

SHE claimed that she only understood simple Malay.And she told the court that she had no problem admitting to murdering her maid. But magistrate Maimoonah Aid made clear to her that she was not asking for her plea.

At the Petaling Jaya magistrate’s court yesterday, 29-year- old housewife Cheng Pei Ee was charged with the murder of her Indonesian maid, known only as Kunasir, under Section 302 of the Penal Code.Cheng was alleged to have committed the offence on Aug 14 at her house at 40, Jalan Mawar 1A, Puchong Perdana, Puchong, between 5pm and 7pm. She faces the mandatory death sentence.

Maimoonah ordered her case to be transferred to the Shah Alam High Court and set Sept 4 for mention.Cheng’s husband, Goo Eng Keng, who was initially arrested as one of the suspects in the case, was charged with causing the disappearance of evidence or giving false information to protect his wife.

The 34-year-old contractor was charged under Section 201 of the Penal Code which carries a maximum jail sentence of 10 years and a fine.He was charged with committing the offence at 12.15pm on Aug 15 at the same place.He claimed trial to the charge and the case would be mentioned on Sept 4 at the Petaling Jaya magistrate’s court.Goo was released on a RM6,000 bail.

The couple, who have two children aged four and nine months, were arrested after the body of Kunasir was found in her room at 7pm on Aug 14.

Lebam digigit majikan

Oleh Mohd Nur Asnawi Daud dan Abdullah Wahab

SUBANG JAYA: Seorang majikan 'bertopengkan syaitan' tergamak mendera pembantu rumahnya sehingga mangsa terpaksa menerima rawatan di Hospital Serdang, kerana mengalami kecederaan teruk pada badan dan muka.Objek keras dipercayai batu serta benda tajam dikatakan menjadi 'hidangan' mangsa hampir setiap hari sejak beberapa hari lalu, walaupun hanya melakukan kesalahan kecil.Malah tidak cukup dengan penderaan itu, majikan yang berumur 40-an terbabit dikatakan turut menggigit dan menumbuk muka mangsa tanpa belas kasihan.

Penderaan itu bagaimanapun berakhir selepas jiran yang melihat kejadian itu bersimpati dengan nasib mangsa sebelum memaklumkannya kepada polis.
Berikutan itu, polis menahan seorang wanita kira-kira jam 8.30 malam kelmarin di rumahnya di Bandar Puteri Puchong, di sini, bagi membantu siasatan.

Timbalan Ketua Polis Daerah Subang Jaya, Superintendan Jaafar Md Said, berkata siasatan awal mendapati mangsa, seorang pembantu rumah warga Indonesia berumur 27 tahun, mengalami luka dan kesan lebam pada muka dan badan dipercayai didera.Menurutnya, sejurus menerima aduan polis bergegas ke rumah mangsa dan menahan wanita terbabit yang juga seorang akauntan bagi membantu siasatan.

"Berdasarkan kecederaan yang dialami, iaitu kesan lebam di mata dan mulut, kita syak dia (mangsa) didera."Mangsa kemudian dihantar ke Hospital Serdang bagi membuat pemeriksaan dan rawatan lanjut," katanya di sini, semalam.Difahamkan pembantu rumah malang itu baru setahun bekerja dengan majikan terbabit dan dia dikatakan mula didera pada 19 Ogos lalu.Jaafar berkata, perbuatan tidak berperikemanusiaan itu tidak seharusnya berlaku apatah lagi yang melakukannya adalah seorang wanita berpelajaran.

"Akauntan wanita itu kini ditahan reman bagi membantu siasatan mengikut Seksyen 324 Kanun Keseksaan," katanya.

Dalam kejadian di Puchong Perdana pada 15 Ogos lalu, seorang pembantu rumah warga asing berusia 24 tahun ditemui mati dalam bilik tidurnya dalam keadaan mencurigakan berikutan polis menemui kesan lebam pada belakang badan dan leher.

Maid escapes through 22nd floor window

KUALA LUMPUR: After being allegedly abused, an Indonesian maid tried to escape from her employer.

When her employer, who employed her to take care of her 22nd floor condominium in Jalan Klang Lama here, was away with her family in Sitiawan, Perak, the maid escaped by climbing out of the window about 3pm.A neighbour, who saw her leaving the unit through the window, called a security guard.By the time the guard arrived, the maid was already on a ledge of the 17th floor.The guard, thinking she wanted to jump, persuaded her not to do it.

After some time, she relented and was brought to safety about 5pm.The 21-year-old maid from Java Tengah had been working for her employer for four months.According to the guard, the maid had marks on her lips, legs and hands."She was weak and claimed that she was abused by her employer."She also claimed that her employer had a closed-circuilt television camera in the house to monitor her every move," he said.

A police spokesman said the maid lodge a police report against her employer after she was brought to safety.She was also sent to hospital for a check-up.

Remand on abuse suspects extended

THE Petaling Jaya magistrate’s court yesterday extended the remand order against the employers of a 24-year- old maid found dead in a double-storey house in Puchong Perdana.The remand order against a 35-year-old contractor and his 27-year-old wife was initially obtained on Aug 16 and was extended by magistrate Maimoonah Aid yesterday.

Subang Jaya police chief Assistant Commissioner Zainal Rashid Abu Bakar said the couple will likely be charged on Thursday.The body of the maid, known only as Kunasir, from Central Java, was found fully-clothed in her room at 7pm on Aug 14 by her employer.

Initial investigations revealed there were no signs of a break- in. Police have ruled out the possibility of a robbery gone awry.The case, which was initially classified as sudden death, was later re-classified as murder.

An autopsy revealed that Kunasir, who arrived in Malaysia four months ago, had died of internal bleeding. She was married with a child in Indonesia.

Cabul hak asasi: 148 amah diselamat

Oleh NURUL HUDA HASSAN


PULAU PINANG 15 Ogos – Tenaganita dengan kerjasama Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) berjaya menyelamatkan 148 pembantu rumah warganegara Indonesia membabitkan pelbagai kes pencabulan hak asasi manusia seperti rogol dan penderaan sejak tahun 2005.

Koordinator Program Tenaganita, Aegile Fernandez berkata, kesemua mereka diselamatkan melalui panggilan telefon ke Talian Tindakan Pembantu Rumah yang mula diperkenalkan pada Julai 2004.
Menurutnya, dalam tempoh dua tahun itu juga, pihaknya menerima lebih 1,050 panggilan membabitkan pelbagai kes pencabulan hak asasi manusia dan lebih 200 kes dilaporkan berlaku di sekitar Lembah Klang.

“Sekurang-kurangnya enam hingga tujuh pencabulan direkodkan untuk satu kes tetapi jumlah tersebut boleh mencecah sehingga 10 pencabulan dalam kes yang lebih serius dilaporkan.
“Kes pencabulan yang sering dilaporkan membabitkan penderaan, gaji tidak dibayar, tidak diberi makanan dan tempat tinggal dan ada juga terpaksa membuat dua kerja,” katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan program latihan untuk pegawai penyiasat polis mengenai pembantu rumah warga asing di sini hari ini.
Tambahnya, lebih 70 peratus daripada jumlah kes direkodkan berjaya diselesaikan manakala selebihnya masih dalam proses rujukan polis kepada Pejabat Peguam Negara.
Jelasnya lagi, pengambilan remaja berusia 15 tahun untuk bekerja sebagai pembantu rumah juga semakin meningkat sejak kebelakangan ini.

“Kesalahan itu boleh diklasifikasikan sebagai penyeludupan manusia,” ujarnya.
Mengulas lanjut, Fernandez memberitahu, Malaysia merupakan negara terbesar menerima kemasukan pembantu rumah di Asia dengan lebih 400,000 kemasukan didaftarkan.
Ujar beliau, daripada jumlah tersebut, 90 peratus iaitu 360,000 pembantu rumah merupakan wanita rakyat Indonesia.

Dalam pada itu beliau berkata, objektif program tersebut adalah untuk mengukuhkan penyiasatan melalui perspektif jantina dan juga untuk memahami hak-hak wanita.
“Kami melihat secara positif dan merasakan adalah penting untuk pegawai penyiasat lebih peka dalam menjalankan siasatan membabitkan kes-kes seumpama itu kerana pembantu rumah sering berdepan pelbagai ancaman.

“Program yang sama telah dianjurkan di Kuala Lumpur pada 16 November tahun lalu dan lebih 50 pegawai penyiasat dari Pulau Pinang, Perak, Kedah dan Perlis mengikuti latihan pada hari ini,” katanya.
Fernandez berkata, mereka yang ingin membuat laporan mengenai kes-kes seumpama itu boleh menghubungi Talian Tindakan Pembantu Rumah di 012-3350512, 012-3395 350 atau 03-26973671.

Amah maut didera

Oleh SYED M. RIDZUWAN SYED ISMAIL

SUBANG JAYA 15 Ogos – Seorang pembantu rumah warga Indonesia yang dipercayai menjadi mangsa penderaan ditemui mati di sebuah rumah teres dua tingkat di Puchong Perdana, pukul 7 malam tadi.
Mangsa yang dikenali sebagai Kunasir, 24, dan berasal dari Jawa Tengah, Indonesia dijumpai mati dengan tanda-tanda lebam pada bahagian leher dan belakang badan.

Polis yang mengklasifikasikan kes berkenaan berunsur jenayah kini menjalankan siasatan terhadap pasangan suami isteri berusia 30-an yang merupakan majikan mangsa.
Ketua Polis Daerah Subang Jaya, Asisten Komisioner Zainal Rashid Abu Bakar berkata, suami isteri itu disiasat di bawah Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan.

Bagaimanapun jelasnya, polis menahan majikan lelaki amah tersebut kira-kira pukul 3 petang ini untuk siasatan.
Sementara itu, seorang ejen yang tidak mahu dikenali berkata, Kunasir datang ke negara ini empat bulan lalu.
Katanya, pasangan suami isteri terbabit merupakan majikan pertamanya.

‘‘Kunasir telah berumahtangga dan mempunyai seorang anak di Indonesia,’’ ujarnya yang bertanggungjawab mencari majikan untuk mangsa.

Mayat mangsa kini disimpan di Rumah Mayat Hospital Serdang sebelum dihantar pulang ke kampung halamannya.

Pembantu rumah dakwa disepak, terajang majikan

Oleh Nurhayati Abllah

KESAN DERA: Lilis menunjukkan lebam di muka dan kakinyaakibat didera majikan, semalam.

Amah Indonesia didera selepas empat bulan bekerja larikan diri

KUALA LUMPUR: Seorang pembantu rumah Indonesia terpaksa melarikan diri selepas tidak tahan didera majikannya termasuk dipaksa menyediakan sup daging babi sepanjang tempoh empat bulan bekerja di sebuah rumah di Jalan Cempaka, Bandar Sri Damansara, Petaling Jaya, dekat sini.

Pembantu rumah yang dikenali sebagai Lilis, 27, mengambil tindakan melarikan diri pada jam 3 pagi, 15 Jun lalu, selepas dipukul serta ditumbuk majikan perempuannya.Ketua Pemuda Umno Bandar Sri Damansara, Azizi Abd Razak ketika dihubungi berkata mangsa dikatakan dipukul, diterajang dan disepak di seluruh anggota badan termasuk mengalami lebam serta luka di muka, dada dan kaki hanya kerana melakukan kesalahan kecil.

“Sebelum kejadian, mangsa dikatakan terlewat mengejut seorang daripada tiga anak majikannya yang ingin ke sekolah sehingga menimbulkan kemarahan majikan berusia awal 40-an itu.“Selain itu, mangsa turut dimarahi dan dipukul kerana terlupa memadamkan api dapur ketika dia memasak sup daging babi,” katanya yang juga membawa mangsa ke Balai Polis Sungai Buloh untuk membuat laporan pada hari yang sama.Azizi berkata, mangsa yang kesakitan nekad melarikan diri ke rumah seorang rakannya yang terletak di kawasan berdekatan pada awal pagi untuk menyelamatkan diri serta bersembunyi.

“Bagaimanapun, rakannya mengambil inisiatif memaklumkan kejadian itu kepada saya untuk dilaporkan kepada pihak berkuasa.“Sebaik mangsa membuat laporan di Balai Polis Sungai Buloh, dia kemudiannya dibawa ke Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPPD) Petaling Jaya untuk membuat laporan lanjut sebelum dihantar ke Hospital Sungai Buloh untuk menerima rawatan pada hari yang sama” katanya.Sementara itu, Ketua Polis Daerah Petaling Jaya, Asisten Komisioner Mazlan Mansur mengesahkan menerima laporan kejadian itu dan kes berkenaan disiasat mengikut Seksyen 324 Kanun Keseksaan iaitu dengan sengaja menyebabkan kecederaan.

Abuse your maids and get banned for life

2007/06/18
PUTRAJAYA: People who ill-treat their maids may be barred for life from employing them.
The director of the Immigration Department’s enforcement division, Datuk Ishak Mohamed, said he would not hesitate to make such recommendations to the department’s foreign workers division.

"If indeed it is true that the employers abused or ill-treated their maids, we will recommend to the division that the employers be blacklisted forever from getting a maid," he said.
Ishak said a man in Dengkil, Selangor, who abused his maid, was recently blacklisted for life from getting another one.
"I made the recommendation to the foreign workers’ division and it was approved.
"We will definitely act against employers who acted inhumanly as their actions can mar the image of other employers and the country."

Commenting on the case of Indonesian maid Shamelin who tried to escape through the window of a 15th floor condominium in Sentul on Saturday, Ishak said he had ordered his officers to look into her employer’s background.
"We will also assist Shamelin if she wants to go back to her country. We will liaise with the Indonesian embassy," he said.

Shamelin, 33, from Sumatra, who alleged she was abused for months by her employer, tried to climb down the building using a rope fashioned from pieces of cloth tied together.
She made it to the 12th floor before getting cold feet and was rescued by firemen.

Employer says sorry for abusing Indonesian maid

KUALA LUMPUR, Tues:

The employer of the maid who tried to escape by climbing down from the 15th floor of a condominium has admitted to abusing the woman and apologised for it.
The employer, a 35-year-old woman, even tried to settle out of court, saying she would pay all the maid’s wages.However, the Indonesian Embassy, acting on behalf of the maid, has turned down the offer and will take the employer to court.A spokesman for the embassy said the maid, Ceriyati Dapin, 33, who had earlier been reported as being named Shamelin, would be protected by the embassy.He said the employer, her husband and a maid agency employee were met by Indonesian Embassy Immigration head Bambang Widodo, Security head Tatang Razak and the Attache for Labour Workers Teguh Cahyono.

"We have taken Ceriyati for a medical check-up. She is badly bruised and has lost 10kg in weight since she arrived in Malaysia," the spokes-man said. Sentul police chief ACP K. Kumaran said police had recorded a statement from the employer.Met at the embassy yesterday, Ceriyati claimed she had been punched, strangled and hit with objects by her employer since Jan 19."She would even strip me and abuse me in the bathroom if I made a mistake." She said the woman’s husband, who stayed at the condominium infrequently, was a good man and tried to stop his wife from abusing her, but to no avail.She said she had been beaten again on the day of her escape, which she claimed she decided on when her employer threatened to kill her if she made another mistake that day.Home Ministry secretary-general Tan Sri Aseh Che Mat visited Ceriyati at the embassy yesterday. He said he was sad and disappointed that such an incident had occurred.

Aseh also met other alleged victims there who were ab-used or mistreated and had not been paid for months.Ceriyati tried to climb down from the 15th floor apartment she was locked in, on Saturday. She fashioned a rope by tying pieces of cloth together.After climbing down several floors, she lost her nerve and clung on to the rope and the facade of the building. Residents who saw her hanging from the rope called firemen, who rescued the bruised maid.

Maid runs away after being beaten

Tuesday June 19, 2007

ANOTHER Indonesian maid has run away after being abused by her employer in Petaling Jaya, reported Berita Harian.
The 27-year-old maid, identified as Lilis, ran away on June 15 after being beaten by her female employer.

According to Bandar Sri Petaling Umno Youth chief Azizi Abd Razak, Lilis had been beaten and kicked, resulting in bruises and wounds on the face, chest and legs.
“Lilis was beaten up for having forgotten to turn off the fire while preparing soup,” Azizi said.
She had also forgotten to wake up the children for school.

Rescued maid sent to Indonesian Embassy

Monday June 18, 2007

KUALA LUMPUR: The Indonesian maid who attempted to escape from her employer by tying pieces of clothing to climb down through the window of a 15th floor condominium unit has been sent to the Indonesian Embassy.

Sentul OCPD Asst Comm K. Kumaran said the 33-year-old woman, who alleged she had been physically abused by her employer, was sent to the embassy at about 8pm on Saturday after police had recorded her statement.
The maid, identified as Shamelin, was given outpatient treatment at Kuala Lumpur Hospital.
Police are expected to record a statement from her 35-year-old employer soon.
ACP Kumaran said police are investigating whether the employer had abused the maid as claimed by her.

The maid was rescued on Saturday after she was found clinging onto the wall of a 12th floor unit of the condominium in Sentul here by several passers-by.
They then called the Fire and Rescue Department, whose personnel brought her down.
It is learnt the maid was overcome by fear when she reached the 12th floor and decided to stay where she was.