Housemaid electrocuted

DEPOK: A housemaid was electrocuted while cleaning a fishpond at her employer's home in Cinere subdistrict, Limo district, Depok, on Sunday at around 4 p.m.

The maid, identified as Surani, 31, was instructed by her employer Lisa to clean the fish pond as it had become turbid due to the heavy rain that fell some days before.

According to the police, while draining the pond Surani was electrocuted by a bare electricity wire whose casing had disintegrated and which fell into the pond.

Lisa, who was inside the house, ran out upon hearing Surani's screams. But by the time she got to the pond, Surani was already dead.

After reporting the case to the Limo police, Lisa took Surani's body to Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital for examination. Surani's remains have since been brought to her hometown in Kudus, Central Java, for a family burial.

Police said that Surani died of accidental causes. -- JP