Domestic helper drowned

Domestic helper drowned

JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta police are still investigating the
death of a domestic helper, who is said to have been drowned on
Sunday while trying to swim in the swimming pool of the house
while her employers were out.

Witness Eti Kusniati told the police that Nur Cholifah, 19,
her fellow domestic helper at the house on Jl. Danau Indah Barat
in Sunter Jaya, was trying to swim in the pool at about 7 p.m.

Another helper, Toyibah, was asked by Nur to guard the front
door to anticipate the sudden arrival of their employers.

"Nur was afraid if our employers came home they'd be mad at
her," Eti was quoted by a police report as saying. Eti said she
was in a bathroom at the time.

About half an hour later, Toyibah went to see Nur at the pool
but found the latter already dead.

Nur was wearing a bra and underwear at the time, she recalled.

Toyibah immediately ran to the house's security guard and they
contacted the police. Their employers arrived one hour after the
incident.

According to Eti, Nur had never been swimming before and she
suspected that Nur could not swim. (08)