She and husband 'became slaves'
April 26, 2007
A 61-year-old woman in Kuala Terengganu claims she and her husband were enslaved by their child.
She made a police report on Monday, alleging that her child had been beating her for more than a year, reported Harian Metro.
The report did not mention her grown-up child's age or gender.
The woman has not returned home since she made the police report as she is afraid she will be punished for going to the police.
She is now staying with a friend.
She said the abuse started after her offspring was involved in an accident and became bad-tempered.
She claimed that she and her husband, also 61, were forced to follow all instructions.
If she does not comply, she is beaten, although she said her child has not hit her husband before.
She claimed she has been threatened with a parang and a knife before.
She said: 'Every night, I am told to sleep outside the house to keep an eye on the car. If I don't follow the instructions, I'll be beaten.
FORCED TO STRIP
'Once, I spilt some water while pouring it into a glass and I was made to strip naked and beaten and slapped until my face was swollen.
'I've been bashed up until I've been badly bruised especially atnight.'
She said she couldn't bear to make a police report earlier as she only has one child.
She said she has suggested before that her child get professional help, but the request was rejected.
Superintendent Abdul Halim Mohd Ishak confirmed the police report and said he went to the family home to arrest the suspect and take him or her to a mental institution.
But the suspect wasn't home at the time, said the report.