Malaysian couple arrested for beating maid

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Malaysian couple arrested for beating maid

<cite>AFP - <abbr class="timedate" title="Thursday, October 22">Thursday, October 22

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<cite class="caption">Malaysian couple arrested for beating maid</cite>

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - – A Malaysian couple have been arrested for allegedly severely beating their Indonesian maid and leaving her bound and locked up in a toilet for two nights, police said Thursday. Indonesia has put a ban on sending domestic workers to Malaysia while the neighbours attempt to negotiate a deal on salaries and conditions, aimed at ending a string of appalling abuse cases. In the latest incident, a market vendor and his wife are accused of viciously beating their 36-year-old maid Mautik Hani, from Surabaya in Indonesia, who was found locked up in their house. District police chief Mohamad Mat Yusop said the man, aged in his 30s, surrendered to police on Wednesday while his 29-year-old wife was arrested on Tuesday.

Newspaper reports have said that Hani was found, tied up around her hands and legs, by another Indonesian cleaner hired to replace her. She had noticed a foul smell coming from a locked bathroom. "When she was found, she was in the toilet at the back of the house. Her left eye was swollen, her right leg had a big wound that exposed the bone, and she had bruises all over her body," Mohamad told AFP. He said she was still being treated in hospital for her injuries. The New Straits Times said that Hani had been abused by her employers almost daily during the two months she worked at their home. Malaysia -- one of Asia's largest importers of labour -- depends heavily on domestic workers, mainly from Indonesia, but has no laws governing their working conditions. The government in May announced plans for new laws to protect domestic workers from sexual harassment, non-payment of wages and poor working conditions. Currently Indonesian maids typically work seven days a week for as little as 400 ringgit (113 dollars).

 

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Mautik when she was rescued and taken to hospital on Oct 20

AN abused Indonesian maid has died without regaining consciousness, less than a week after she was rescued by police.
Mautik Hai, 36, from Surabaya, had multiple injuries on her body and did not respond to antibiotics and drugs administered to her at Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang.
She had been scheduled to undergo surgery but was not fit enough for it, hospital director Dr Ghazali Hasni Md Hassan.
Mautik was also malnoursihed and dehydrated.
Dr Ghazali added that the victim was treated by a group of medical specialists including, orthopaedic, anaesthetic and surgical team.
District police chief Asst Comm Mohamad Mat Yusop said the case had been reclassified as murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
Mautik is believed to have been working at the house for the past two months.
Mautik did not have any valid travel documents when she was rescued.