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AN Indonesian maid was attacked by three dogs but was forced back to work on the same day. The woman, who is in her 20s, was bitten when she went to clean the house of a client, a good Samaritan claimed. Ann Murphy, an expatriate and qualified nurse, said she was horrified when the maid agency in Bayan Baru sent the maid over despite her not being fit for work. “When she came to my apartment on Tuesday, she had at least 10 to 15 stitches and several wounds. She was bitten last Saturday and had to work on the very same day after being treated at a clinic. “She had been bitten on her arm, leg and body and was clearly still in pain. Her dressing had not been changed since she went to the clinic so I did it for her. “When someone from the agency came to pick her up, he turned rude and aggressive because I told him that I had tended to her wounds. He yelled at me and said that it was not in my place to help the maid,” she claimed, adding that the maid was too afraid to lodge a police report. “The woman whose dogs attacked her only paid for part of the treatment. The poor girl had to foot the rest of the bill. |
“She also told me that the dog owner had nine dogs. She was very lucky not to have been attacked by all of them. “I have been living here for almost two decades and this is the first time I have come across an incident so inhumane. “Her employer keeps her locked up every day with four other maids which is very dangerous because if there was a fire at the agency, how are they to save themselves?” she asked. Murphy said she would cooperate with the police and the authorities to make sure that the girl received proper treatment. “The local council and SPCA should also check on the owner of the nine dogs to make sure that the animals have licenses and are treated properly,” she said. When contacted, Balik Pulau OCPD Supt Mohd Hatta Mohd Zain said he would get in touch with Murphy to facilitate investigations. |
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