RI maid tortured in Malaysia

RI maid tortured in Malaysia

JAKARTA (JP): The government has left a Malaysian court to handle the case of an Indonesian housemaid that was brutally burned and tortured by an Irishman and his Malaysian wife near Kuala Lumpur.

Spokesman for the Ministry of Manpower Fachri Taharuddin said yesterday that Indonesia, through its embassy in Kuala Lumpur, has asked Malaysia to handle the case in accordance with its laws.

"We have received a report from the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur that the case has been brought to court," he told The Jakarta Post.

Fallon Finber, a 36-year-old Irishman, and his wife Ashrina Majid, 29, have been charged with scalding the private parts of their maid, Rohani Bin Sumie, 30, with a hot iron and boiling water.

The court in Shah Alam released the couple this week on 15,000 Malaysian dollars (ringgit) bail and seized their passports. They are facing up to 20 years in prison.

Rohani, 25, from East Java, is reportedly undergoing medical treatment at the Tengku Ampuan Rohimah in Kelang, 30 kilometers west of Kuala Lumpur. (rms)