by Elena Chong
A PREGNANT Indonesian maid took her own life when she became
emotionally upset that her married boyfriend refused to break off
with his girlfriend in Batam, a coroner's court heard.
Anis Dwi Rianawati had asked her 45-year-old Malaysian boyfriend
to choose between her and his girlfriend in Batam hours before her
death.
Her boyfriend requested time to think about it. During their
long conversation at his place on Oct 24 last year, Rianawati, 29,
had swallowed some health supplements belonging to her boyfriend,
who stopped her and kept patting her back to get her to throw
out.
Anis lost consciousness for a while and when she came to, he
tried to stop her from leaving as he was afraid that she would do
something foolish. But Anis managed to get a cab back to her
employer's apartment block in Meyer Road. He drove there and called
her down to talk things over. She again insisted that he call his
girlfriend in Batam but he refused. She tried to call her but there
was no response.
She then threatened to take her own life. Her boyfriend followed
her into the lift and she threatened to jump when the lift reached
the 20th floor. They got to the ground floor and she ran out.
When he found her near the guard house, she again asked him to
call his girlfriend to break up with her, but he ignored her and
left. That was the last time Anis was seen alive.