She thought it was all right to send six threatening text messages to the father of missing girl Sharlinie Mohd Nashar.
One of the messages read: "Anak yu tdak akan kembali lagi krna ak dendam" (Your child will never return because I am taking revenge).
Another message claimed that Sharlinie had become a victim of "the vicious Catman" and that the child was no longer with her.
It read: "Tak lama lagi akan ada budak hilang lagi" (very soon, there will be another child missing).
The mobile phone number was registered under her employer's name.
This mischief, however, resulted in Indonesian Sudarwanti, 27, being sentenced by the magistrate's court yesterday to seven months' jail.
Sudarwanti, who entered the country in 2006 and worked as a maid in Johor, was charged with criminal intimidation by sending anonymous messages to Mohd Nashar Mat Husin through the short messaging system (SMS), threatening that harm would befall 5-year-old Sharlinie, who has been missing since Jan 9.
She pleaded guilty to committing the offence at house No 10, Lorong PJS 2C/11N, Taman Medan, between 4.07pm on Jan 10 and 9.25am the next day.
Sudarwanti was seen wiping her tears as the sentence was meted out by magistrate Izralizam Sanusi.
The offence carries a maximum jail term of two years.
In mitigation, counsel Cha Kian An told the court that Sudarwanti had sent the SMSes to attract attention to herself so she would be deported and not have to look after the baby in her care.
"She came to work here to support her grandmother in Indonesia as her parents had divorced. She regrets sending the messages and apologises to Sharlinie's family for the pain she has caused."
He said Sudarwanti was actually 17 years and not 27, as stated in her passport.
However, Izralizam said he could only accept her age according to her passport details as it was an official document released by the Indonesian government.
He ordered her sentence to begin from the date of arrest on Jan 16.
According to facts read out by deputy public prosecutor Nik Suhaimi Nik Sulaiman, Mohd Nashar received several anonymous text messages claiming that Sharlinie would be severely hurt if he reported the messages to the police.
Nik Suhaimi said Sudarwanti's actions interfered with police investigations and had caused anxiety to Sharlinie's family.
Senior Superintendent of Police Setyo Wasisto, who represented the Indonesian embassy, said Sudarwanti would be deported as soon as her jail term was over.
