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HER abusive husband bashed her up in front of two policemen and
they did nothing to help her - that is the shocking claim of a
37-year-old Seremban woman.
This woman claims this is not the first time her husband is
assaulting her. This picture is taken by a witness. Picture: NEW
STRAITS TIMES
The woman, a mother of five, alleged that in the incident that took
place two days ago, her husband beat and kicked her when they
bumped into each other in Bukit Chedang.
She claimed that a passing police car stopped but the two policemen
simply watched as her husband assaulted her, reported the New
Straits Times.
She said: 'None of them dared to intervene. I pleaded with them to
arrest him, but they just stood there.
'They handcuffed him only after I snapped their pictures with my
handphone and threatened to take the matter to their
superiors.'
The woman claimed the abuse has been going on for years. She
alleged she was constantly beaten and tortured with hot metal rods
by her husband.
Finally, she plucked up courage and obtained an interim protection
order from a magistrate's court against him this month. But even
that allegedly did not stop him.
Within days of getting the protection order, she was assaulted in
front of the two policemen.
The woman, from Taman Permai, claimed that her repeated complaints
to the police have fallen on deaf ears because her husband was a
former policeman.
She told Berita Harian Malaysia that he said that all the policemen
in the area were his good friends and no one would arrest him
'TOSSED ASIDE'
She alleged: 'The police reports I made were just tossed aside and
no action was taken. From the reports I made, complete with proof
of facial and body injuries, he was remanded only twice. And he was
then released on police bail.'
She alleged that he even tried to harm her by cutting the brake
lines of a car.
She said her 48-year-old husband was arrested recently after she
threatened to take the matter to the federal police headquarters in
Bukit Aman.
Despite having burn marks and bruises on her body, medical reports
and witnesses willing to testify on her behalf, she claimed her
husband was never charged.
He is now under remand but she is afraid that he might be released
again.
'He even beat up my daughters when they tried to protect me when he
assaulted me,' she claimed.
'The only ones who seem to be paying attention are the doctors at
the hospital who treat me every time I get beaten up.
'In fact, they (the doctors) are the ones who told me to get help
from the media. They have seen this happening to me too many
times.'
She said there were times when she came close to losing the will to
carry on, but hung on for the sake of her children.
Currently living in a wooden hut with her daughters, she is also
finding it tough to make ends meet.
She runs an eatery and business had suffered after the only access
road was cut off by a development project.
'We try to get by with whatever little I can make. It gets even
harder now with Hari Raya coming. I feel so sorry for my children.
They do not deserve this kind of life.'
She claimed she had approached leaders and elected representatives
before, but none of them helped her.
She added that she had also sought help from the Welfare Department
but claimed that she was only given some rice two months ago.
She hopes that officials from the Women, Family and Community
Development Ministry will look into her problems and protect her
family.
