Maid kidnaps baby in her care<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A 36 year-old domestic helper, desperate to have
\nher own baby after nine years of marriage, ran away with a baby
\nwho had been left in her care by her employers.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Bariyah, alias Yuningsih, appeared in a West
\nJakarta District Court charged with kidnapping under Article 328
\nof the Criminal Code, an offense punishable with 12 months
\nimprisonment.<\/p>\n
Bariyah told the court she had longed to have a baby, but she
\nwas still childless after nine years of marriage.<\/p>\n
\"I just wanted to show my husband in Pandeglang this cute baby
\nboy,\" she said of 15-month Jeffri Muliawan, whom she abducted in
\nNovember.<\/p>\n
State prosecutor Siti Salamah Ekasari, in spite of her
\ncharges, lent a sympathetic ear to the defendant.<\/p>\n
Siti Salamah said she could relate to Bariyah's feeling as a
\nwoman. \"I will ask for the most lenient sentence possible,\" she
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
According to the indictment, Bariyah who came from her village
\nin Pandeglang, West Java, found a job as a maid at the family of
\nHarso Muliawan's house in West Jakarta, on Nov. 24.<\/p>\n
It only took her two days to make up her mind to kidnap baby
\nJeffri. On the morning of Nov. 26, she left with the baby to the
\nGrogol-Kalideres bus station where they took the bus to
\nPandeglang.<\/p>\n
However, her joy was short-lived.<\/p>\n
That same day, a relative of Harso tracked her down in
\nPandeglang, and claimed the baby from her.<\/p>\n
The family then filed a complaint to the West Jakarta Police.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Damsuri Nungtjik adjourned the hearing until
\nnext week. (asa\/09)<\/p>",
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