Malaysia abuse case

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian prosecutors yesterday charged a 60-year-old woman with murdering an Indonesian domestic helper who was found with bruises on her face and died from her injuries, state news agency Bernama said. It is the latest such case in a series. In 2008, a Malaysian was sentenced to jail for scalding her Indonesian domestic helper with a hot iron. Years later, a Malaysian couple were convicted of starving an Indonesian domestic helper to death. Adelina Lisao, 28, was rescued on Feb. 10 from her employer’s home in Penang after neighbours reported she had been forced to sleep next to a dog in a covered car parking area attached to the house. She died the next day in hospital.