RI maid's fecal matter abuser flees

RI maid's fecal matter abuser flees

MALAYSIA: A Malaysian woman who allegedly forced her Indonesian maid to eat fecal matter and drink out of a toilet bowl has gone into hiding, police said on Tuesday.

Police went to the home of the 27-year-old woman after her maid lodged a report on Sunday claiming that she was punched in the eye and forced to eat out of the toilet bowl.

However, the woman and her family had fled the home in the northeastern Kelantan state, said the head of the criminal investigation department, Ishak Abdul Majid.

"When police arrived, there was no one at home and the nearest neighbors also have no idea where the family went," he was quoted as saying by the official Bernama agency.

The 25-year-old maid claimed that her employer had also smeared her body with feces during Sunday's incident.

Ishak said police would try to locate the family, adding that while the maid did not sustain serious injuries, she was traumatized by the attack.

The incident was announced on the day of a trial against another Malaysian employer who had allegedly burnt, beaten and scalded her Indonesian maid in May this year. --DPA