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Here we go again with another case of a maid going berserk. She tried to burn the house down and she is just 14 ( ” underage maid arrested for arson”–NST, Jan 7)

The atrocities of foreign maids, especially Indonesians, are endless. We have had maids causing physical harm to their employers  and abusing children under their charge.

I paid RM 9,000 to hire a maid and just six months into employment, she scooted. She was extraordinarily good in her work and my younger son was very attached to her.

I treated her like my own daughter, yet she did not think twice about doing what she did.

When we report a runaway maid, the police often say finding her would be impossible. A police report becomes a mere formality and the cost is the employer’s time and effort.

To add salt to the wound, the employer is slapped with a fine by immigration for the runaway maid. is there no protection for the amployer?

Nisha Krish

Petaling Jaya

New Straits Times