Indonesian consul wants justice for Adelina, demands explanation

GEORGE TOWN (Bernama): The Indonesian consulate in Penang is demanding an explanation over the decision of the court to drop Adelina Jerima Sau's case.

Adelina, 21, an Indonesian maid, died after she was believed to have been abused by her employer last year.

Indonesian consul-general in Penang Iwanshah Wibisino said an official letter has been sent for the purpose of having a meeting the Deputy Public Prosecutor to find out why the court dropped the case.

"'I hope the meeting can be made as soon as possible because we have to give an explanation to Adelina's family in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara on the development of the case and why it was dropped," he said when contacted here Sunday (April 21).

He said the decision of the court to drop the case not only shocked the people of Indonesia, but he believed that Malaysians shared the same reaction.

However, he said the consulate respected the process of law in this country and hoped Adelina could get justice.

On Friday (April 19), it was reported that the former employer of the maid, Ambika MA Shan, 61, escaped the death sentence after the High Court here freed her from a charge of killing Adelina after the DPP requested that she be released without being acquitted.

The decision shocked many parties including non-governmental organisations Tenaganita and International Humanitarian Welfare Organisation (IHWO) who demanded that Attorney General Tommy Thomas review the decision.

The case last year shocked the country when Adelina was rescued from her employer's house in Taman Kota Permai, Bukit Mertajam in a weak state after a photograph of her stranded outside her employer's house was taken by a neighbour.