| By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent | ||
 |  | Maselly Abdul Aziz (right) is on trial for using heated substance to hurt Ms Badingah, 29, at her rented flat at Jalan Minyak between June 2 and July 26 last year. -- ST PHOTO |
Maselly Abdul Aziz, 38, is on trial for using heated substance to hurt Ms Badingah, 29, at her rented flat at Jalan Minyak between June 2 and July 26 last year.
Maselly, who is defending herself, is also accused of using an iron rod to hit the maid and instigating her daughter, Nur Rizan Mohamed Sazali to extract two of her front teeth.
Nur Rizan, 18, is serving 26 months' jail for abusing the maid, whose employer, Elsa Elyana Said, 25, was given 17 months' jail recently for helping to extract her teeth and punching her.
Maselly's son, Mr Muhammad Iz'aan, 20, has since served five weeks' jail for using a cane to hit the maid on the back.
Ms Badingah testified that she jumped out of the second-storey flat off Chin Swee Road on July 26 last year after Maselly had threatened her with two knives.
Maselly is said to have told her in a mixture of Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia that she would kill her if she did not return $60 to her.
Ms Badingah testified that Maselly had instructed Nur Rizan to pull out her teeth after blaming her for stealing.
'Maselly often lost her money and handphone, and that applies to her family members. Maselly then accused me of stealing her handphone and money. So she told me that if she loses an item, she would extract one of my teeth,' she said.
She said Elsa held her head while Nur Rizan pulled out her tooth with a pair of pliers.
Several hours later, her second tooth was forcibly pulled out by Nur Rizan with Elsa's help.
The trial continues.
