RI maid acquitted of complicity

RI maid acquitted of complicity

SINGAPORE (DPA): An Indonesian maid who claimed she felt
compelled to obey her Singapore employer's instructions to help
him commit suicide has been acquitted, a report said on Sunday.

Deputy public prosecutor Ne Cheng Thiam told the district
court on Saturday he was withdrawing the charge of abetting a
suicide after considering the facts of the case and taking into
account a psychiatrist's report, The Sunday Times reported.

The evaluation found Sarinah Almijin Soleham, 32, was "of
borderline intelligence, such that she felt compelled to obey the
instructions of the deceased to assist him in his suicide".

Sarinah was charged after Chua Keng Hoon was found dead at
home with a rubber hose running to his nose from a gas pipe.

She was accused of buying the equipment and helping the 54
year old, who had suffered a stroke four years ago which left him
paralyzed on the left side of his body.

Chua was found dead on July 12 of gas inhalation.

The unemployed Chua lived with his wife and daughter, but
Sarinah was alone with him at the time of death.

The court was told Sarinah helped Chua set up the hose and
then left the kitchen. Upon returning, she found him unconscious
and called a relative.