Housemaid electrocuted

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