KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 — Indonesian maid Nirmala Bonat today denied that her claim of being hit by her employer, Yim Pek Ha, with a steel cup on May 17, 2004, was fabricated.
Nirmala, 29, said this in the hearing of her lawsuit against the couple for abusing and causing hurt on her with a hot iron and boiling water.
According to the witness statement, Nirmala claimed that Yim had hit her with a steel cup, causing her to bleed on the forehead, lips and nose on May 17, 2004.
To another question by Chan, Nirmala said at the time of the incident, Yim’s third and fourth child were at home.
She disagreed with Chan when latter said that she had attempted to pour dirty water on Yim’s child.
Chan: Yim saw you wanting to pour dirty water on her child and after she reprimanding you for your action, you placed the water on the stove and left the house?
Nirmala: Disagree
Nirmala filed the lawsuit on Jan 28, 2010, claiming that the couple had abused and caused grievous hurt on her with a hot iron and boiling water.
In the statement of claim, she stated that she was employed by the couple, who was residing at Villa Putera, Jalan Tun Ismail here, in September 2003.
Nirmala claimed that during her employment at the couple’s residence, she was abused and injured several times by Yim, including with a hot iron on January 2004.
She claimed that Hii failed to stop his wife from injuring her as well as to provide her the necessary medical treatment for her injuries.
Nirmala is seeking general damages for pain and sufferings that she went through and more than RM40,000 in special damages for loss of income, medical expenses and other cost deem fit by the court.
Yim, a former air stewardess, was sentenced to 18 years jail by the Sessions Court on Nov 27, 2008 after she was found guilty on three counts of causing grievous hurt on the Indonesian maid with a hot iron and hot water at Villa Putera, Jalan Tun Ismail here in January, March and April, 2004.
Upon her appeal to the Kuala Lumpur High Court, her jail term was reduced to 12 years.
On Oct 1, 2012, the Appeals Court upheld a High Court’s decision in imposing a 12-year jail term on Yim.
Hearing before High Court Judge Siti Khadijah S. Hassan Badjenid continues on Monday. — Bernama
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