Maid admits neglect, jailed 4 years for toddler’s drowning
The woman left the toddler and his brother alone at an adult swimming pool, without any swimming aid or flotation device, despite knowing that both children could not swim.
Indonesian domestic worker Wahyuni Tanjung was sentenced to four years in prison for child neglect after her toddler client drowned in a swimming pool. The sentence, handed down by Judge Suhaila Haron, was the result of Wahyuni pleading guilty to the offense. The incident occurred on July 28 at a residence in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, where the victim's mother had asked Wahyuni to take the two-year-old boy and his five-year-old brother for a swim.
Despite knowing the children were not competent swimmers, Wahyuni took them to the adult pool without providing any swimming aid or floatation devices and left them unsupervised in her absence. After the drowning, Wahyuni informed the mother, who rushed the child to Selayang Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after. A post-mortem confirmed the cause of death was drowning.
The deputy public prosecutor, Subri Hashim, emphasized the gravity of the crime and urged the court to impose a fitting sentence as a deterrent for other caretakers.
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