Maid jailed for mixing urine with drinking water

JAKARTA: An Indonesian maid who mixed her urine with drinking water in a kettle and water jug at her employer's unit was jailed for four weeks on Tuesday.

Sri Aryati, 26, committing the act in a flat at Block 222 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 on Dec.l 15, one week after she had started work.

The court heard that the maid had taken a ceramic cup containing some of her urine into the kitchen toilet.

She then poured the urine into the kettle and water jug containing water meant for household consumption, The Straits Times reported on Tuesday.

Queried by District Judge Shaifuddin Saruwan, a police prosecutor said the employer's father-in-law and young son drank the mixture, and were none the worse.

Sri Aryati could have been jailed for up to one year and/or fined for the offense. - JP