2007 07: Housewife reports maid for allegedly abusing baby

The star Online. News. Nation. Thursday July 26, 2007

PENANG: A housewife has lodged a police report against her 23-year-old Indonesian maid for allegedly abusing her six-month-old baby boy until his leg was fractured.

Lor Siew Bee, 28, claimed she found the forehead of her son, Teoh Kyean, swollen, when she returned home after doing some shopping on Sunday.

“I asked the maid what happened and she told me that he had knocked his head on the floor while trying to turn over,” she said. The maid had been working for Lor for four months.

Lor said she and her husband, a 30-year-old contractor, later took the boy to a private hospital in Burma Road where a doctor detected the fractured leg.

Speaking at a press conference called by State DAP secretary Law Heng Kiang yesterday, Lor said she lodged a report at the Patani Road police station on Tuesday.

She said the police had sent the maid to the Indonesian Consulate in Burma Road after questioning her.

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Maid nabbed over alleged baby abuse

The Star Online. News. Nation. Friday July 27, 2007

PENANG: An Indonesian maid, who allegedly abused her employer's six-month-old baby boy to the point of fracturing his right leg, has been arrested.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Azam Abd Hamid said the 23-year-old maid was picked up from the Indonesian Consulate by her agent and handed over to the police yesterday afternoon.

“We have questioned the maid and are waiting for a hospital report to determine if the baby's fractured leg was caused by a fall or abuse.

“The maid told us that the baby fell off his bed while trying to turn himself over on Sunday morning,” he said.

Housewife Lor Siew Bee, 28, made a police report on Tuesday alleging that her son, Teoh Kyean, was abused by her maid of four months.

Lor, when contacted, said she hoped that the police would be able to get the maid to tell the truth.

“My son's leg slings have been removed but I can tell that he is in pain as each time he moves his fractured leg, he cries.

“I will now take care of my son by myself. I do now want to depend on the help of a maid after what has happened,” said Lor, who has another son aged three.

She found her son's forehead swollen when she returned to her apartment in Bukit Jambul from a nearby supermarket at 2.30pm that day.

She and her husband, a 30-year-old contractor, later took the boy to a private hospital in Burma Road where a doctor detected the fractured leg.