Video of Adelina Torture in Malaysia Circulates on Social Media

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A video that showed a Malaysian woman torturing Adelina, an Indonesian housemaid in Malaysia, circulated on social media since last week.

In the two minutes 13 seconds duration video, it showed a middle-aged woman, who was Adelinas’ employer, beating up and also kicked Adelina, a migrant worker from Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara. The video also showed the middle-aged woman beat Adelina with a stick repeatedly.

Read also: The Story of Adelina: Female Migrant Worker Tortured in MALAYSIA

Adelina, 28, was found weak and helpless on her employers' porch in Permai City Park, Bukti Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia, on Saturday two weeks ago. At that time, a number of injuries were found in the arms, legs, and faces of the women from East Nusa Tenggara. Adelina was hospitalized at Bukit Mertajam Hospital, but her life could not be helped, the day after she was rescued from her employer's home, 10th February.

Before she died, Adelina had revealed that she had been beat up and forced to sleep outside her employer's home, along with a pet dog. She experienced this inhumane torture during the past month.

Malaysian police have named three people with the initials ML, MA, and JY as suspects in cases of alleged persecution that killed Adelina. Two suspects, Adelina's female employer, and brother were arrested on February 11. The next day, the police arrested the biological mother of Adelina’s employer.

ZARA AMELIA