The duo were picked up early yesterday, after lodging a report at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital police beat base over the death of the 30-year-old maid, believed to have been due to illness.
The maid died at her employer’s house in Melaka Tengah. Bukit Aman CID deputy chief (Investigations/Law) Datuk Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said today, the two women comprised a maid employment agency worker and a private hospital nurse.
Their arrests bring to eight, the number of people picked up in connection with the maid’s death.
The others are an employment agent, employer, employer’s friend and a taxi driver.
The six, aged between 20 and 50, were detained separately at various locations here and Melaka.
In Melaka, a post-mortem report has revealed that the Indonesian maid whose body was ferried in a car from Melaka to Kuala Lumpur, was bludgeoned to death.
According to the report, a blunt object was used to inflict the fatal injuries on the victim’s chest and abdomen.
The police have classified the case as murder. Melaka Tengah police chief ACP Salehhudin Abd Rahman said the victim, identified as Nurul Aida, 31, had been working for her employer in Taman Peringgit Jaya here, since last September.
He told a news conference today that the woman from Bokak, Indonesia, had entered the country legally but her passport expired last year.
He said the police had obtained a seven-day remand order to detain nine people, including the maid’s employer and wife. — Bernama
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