[TS] GEORGE TOWN: An Indonesian maid has claimed that she was abused by a couple and forced into a threesome sex romp with them.

Her four-month ordeal ended when the couple felt they had had enough of her and chucked her by a roadside at Taman Cenderawasih in Nibong Tebal last Sunday, with RM30 to fend for herself.

She wandered around aimlessly for 12 hours before a good Samaritan took her to a police station in town the following day.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng said the victim, who looked traumatised and skinny, had burn and scald marks on her back and chest. She is being treated at the Penang Hospital for multiple bruises.
A medical inspection showed there were tears in her private parts, ACP Gan said at a press conference at the Patani Road police station here yesterday.

The 26-year-old maid from East Java claimed she was raped several times by her employer, a grass-cutting contractor, while his wife would beat her up if she did not give in to her husband's sexual demands.

ACP Gan said the victim claimed the couple, aged 41 and 36, used a belt to hit her on the head, hands and legs. She also alleged that she was splashed with hot water and had her chest burnt with an iron.

The maid said she started working for the couple in February at their apartment in Jelutong here but the abuses only began in May....

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[Bernama] JAKARTA - Menteri Tenaga Kerja dan Transmigrasi Indonesia, Muhaimin Iskandar semalam melarang calon pembantu rumah negara itu pergi bekerja di Malaysia, sehingga Kerajaan Indonesia mampu memberi perlindungan sewajarnya kepada mereka.

Kenyataan Muhaimin itu adalah sebagai reaksi kepada kejadian terbaru membabitkan penganiayaan terhadap pembantu rumah Indonesia bernama Winfaedah di Malaysia pada 13 September lalu.

Katanya, kejadian itu menjadi bukti bahawa mereka menanggung risiko tinggi jika pergi bekerja tanpa dokumen rasmi yang lengkap.

“Jadi jangan berangkat ke Malaysia dulu sampai ada perlindungan yang jelas,” katanya di Denpasar, Bali yang dipetik portal berita Kompas.Com.

Selain Malaysia, dua negara lain yang turut diminta dihindari calon-calon itu sehingga ada kepastian perlindungan terhadap mereka ialah Kuwait dan Jordan.

Bagi melindungi keselamatan dan hak tenaga kerja Indonesia, Muhaimin berkata, Kerajaan Indonesia menetapkan bahawa pasport harus dipegang mereka dan mereka juga diberi cuti pada hari minggu.

Mereka juga diminta sentiasa menyelaras dengan kedutaan besar Indonesia atau pejabat perwakilan Indonesia lainnya di negara mereka bekerja.

Beliau turut meminta agensi pekerjaan Indonesia memainkan peranan memperbaiki pengurusan komunikasi antara tenaga kerja Indonesia yang bekerja di luar negara dengan majikan mereka, bagi membantu memberi pelindungan yang diharapkan itu.

Kes penganiayaan Winfaedah menarik perhatian Presiden, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yang berkomunikasi secara terus dengan wanita itu.

Susilo turut meminta kedutaan besar Indonesia di Kuala Lumpur agar mengawasi proses undang-undang terhadap Winfaedah yang kini dirawat di Hospital Pulau Pinang.