S'pore boy admits to abusing maid

S'pore boy admits to abusing maid

SINGAPORE (AFP): A Singaporean schoolboy has admitted abusing an Indonesian maid by burning her forearm with a hot iron, scalding her with boiling water and punching her on the forehead, a report said yesterday.

The 13-year-old pleaded guilty to the three charges in a juvenile court where he had appeared with his 38-year-old mother, who was accused in a separate court of hurting the maid, the Straits Times daily reported.

The boy cannot be identified under the Children and Young Persons Act.

The court was told that a medical report showed the 15-year- old maid, Hartati Ali Sodikun, had a broken bone in the left arm and suffered from malnutrition leading to beriberi, and anemia.