PUTRAJAYA, Nov 13 — The Human Resources Ministry always pays close attention to reports of mistreatment of foreign domestic workers, including employers not paying their wages, says its minister V.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 13 — The Indonesian Embassy here has been asked to lodge a specific complaint on the abuse, mistreatment, and exploitation of Indonesian workers in Malaysia for further investigation and action.

LABUAN, Nov 12 — The urgent issue of abuse experienced by Indonesian domestic workers in Malaysia requires prompt and decisive intervention, said the Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia, Datuk Hermono.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Nov 9 — A 17-month-old baby boy died yesterday, believed to have been abused by his mother’s boyfriend.

JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 17 — A couple was arrested for allegedly abusing a seven-year-old boy at a house in Pulai here on Friday (Oct 13).

IPOH, Oct 15 — Police arrested a 26-year-old widower and his parents after a toddler (two years two months) who was under their care died of severe injuries and burn marks in Bagan Serai on Friday.

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 22 — An Indonesian woman went through a harrowing ordeal when she was kidnapped, locked up, and tortured by a group of men for ten days in different locations across several states due to her husband’s failure to settle a RM540,000 debt.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 — A caregiver at a childcare centre in Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Cheras, was arrested by the police yesterday on suspicion of abusing a girl under her care.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30  — The remand order on a mother and her boyfriend arrested in connection with the death of a five-year-old boy on Aug 22 has been extended by another seven days.

TAIPING, Aug 11 — A mother and her boyfriend were charged at the Magistrate’s Court here today with the murder of her nine-year-old son last month.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — A mother and her boyfriend were charged in two courts here yesterday with abusing a one-year, eleven-month-old girl, earlier this month.

PORT DICKSON, May 30 — An elderly man suspected of causing the death of a dog in Kampung Sri Parit, Lukut on Saturday was arrested by the police yesterday.

JOHOR BAHRU, May 16 — A 21-year-old woman has been remanded for four days from today to assist in the probe into the abuse of two babies at a nursery in Taman Mutiara Rini, Iskandar Puteri.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — The Sessions Court here today found Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali guilty on charges of neglecting and abusing a teenage girl with Down syndrome known as Bella.

JOHOR BAHRU, April 29 — A four-year-old boy died at a hospital here yesterday, believed to have been abused by his mother and stepfather.

IPOH, April 18 — Three individuals, including a woman, were arrested by the police yesterday on suspicion of being involved in the rape and abuse of a seven-year-old girl in Manjung.

PUTRAJAYA, March 15 — A housewife was sentenced by the Court of Appeal here today to one year in jail for trafficking two foreign maids and exploiting them by making them work in her house-cleaning business without paying them.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali told the Sessions Court today that she had never stepped on or kicked Bella’s stomach while the teenager was in her care.

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 29 — The Permaisuri of Johor, Raja Zarith Sofiah Sultan Idris Shah, has expressed her sadness over the death of a four-year-old boy, who was suspected to have been a victim of child abuse in Senggarang, Batu Pahat.

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 27 — A four-year-old boy died yesterday at Sultan Ismail Hospital (HSI) here after he was believed to have been abused.