here's another case..
Maid likely to escape gallows if found
guilty
SINGAPORE : The Indonesian maid who allegedly caused
the death of her employer's 12-year-old disabled daughter is likely
to escape the gallows if found guilty.
This is because the maid's actual age is only 16
years and not 24 as was originally tendered in
court.
The charge against Nurhayati was amended in court on
Friday.
Nurhayati is accused of causing the death of Linda
Lee Yee Lin at Block 573 Hougang Street 51 on November 24 this
year.
The maid's lawyer, Mohamed Muzammil Mohamed, told
MediaCorp that he and officials from the Indonesian Embassy visited
her family in a West Java village last week.
They managed to confirm her age after looking through school
records and interviewing the family.
Mr Mohamed Muzammil said: "I met the mother and her elder brother -
they are extremely concerned about her well-being and we had to
assure them that she was alright.
"They were also very apprehensive because we were informed that
there were people who had in fact threatened them with regards to
the age, not to reveal the actual age to us."
Under the Criminal Procedure Code, the death sentence cannot be
imposed if the defendant is below the age of 18.
Mr Mohamed Muzammil said Nurhayati will be remanded for another
week for child psychiatric assessment.
Her case will be mentioned again on December 31.
- CNA/al
Most probably will be jailed under president's clemency
though