Malaysian housewife gets 18 yrs jail for scalding maid
29/11/2008 11:58
Malaysian housewife, Yim Pek Ha, arrives at the courthouse in Kuala Lumpur
yesterday. Yim, 40, received 18 years jail for scalding her Indonesian maid with
a hot iron. The news of such act sparked outrage on the treatment of Indonesian
workers who come to work in Malaysia as house maids, plantation workers and
construction workers.-Xinhua/Reuters
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