JOHOR BAHRU: Police detained an Indonesian maid who is believed to have fatally stabbed her employer with a knife at a house in Jalan Suria 2, Taman Suria, before trying to escape, here yesterday.

Johor Bahru Selatan police chief ACP Sulaiman Salleh said police found the maid with blood stains on her body at Jalan Suria 14, at about 2pm, after receiving information from members of the public.

He said when questioned, the maid had initially claimed she was attacked by an unknown assailant, but when questioned further, she changed her story, claiming she was raped by her employer.

“Since she had raised doubts, we checked… the house of her (female) employer, situated about a kilometre from where she was detained. The employer was found dead in the bedroom of the upper floor of a double-storey house.

“The victim, who had two (stab wounds) in the head and slash marks on her face, (had) a knife planted in her stomach,” he told reporters here yesterday.

Sulaiman said the victim, Ong Siew Hong, 59, operated a karaoke centre in Taman Pelangi, here. He said the husband and family members of the victim were not in the house, as they had gone to work.

The body of the victim was later sent to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital for a post-mortem. Sulaiman said the maid was from Batam, Indonesia, and had started work here only eight days ago.

“She has a valid work permit and started work in Malaysia for the first time,” he said, adding that the suspect was believed to have been unhappy with her employer on matters related to work and an argument had started between the two before the fatal incident.

He said since the suspect was also injured, she was sent to the hospital for treatment and remanded for seven days.

– BERNAMA