Maid testifies that Singaporean employer hit her on her head and mouth with a hammer

Indonesian maid Khanifah said she was hit with a hammer about five times and twice on the mouth during the second half of her employment in 2012.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW.

SINGAPORE: An Indonesian maid told a court on Monday (April 18) of various abuses at the hands of her female employer, who allegedly used an array of weapons to hit her body, head and face.

Khanifah, 35, was on the stand at the start of the trial of Zariah Mohd Ali, 54. The prosecution is proceeding on 12 of 28 charges of maid abuse. Her husband, Mohamad Dahlan, 56, faces one charge of hitting the maid on the head with the cover of a frying pan.