HONG KONG (Reuters) - An Indonesian maid has been jailed for six days in Hong Kong for serving her boss a cup of water containing urine, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. The 29-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge of "administering poison or other destructive or noxious substance with intent to injure", but insisted she had used the urine to treat a skin condition and its appearance in her employer's cup was a mistake. Her boss, Szeto Ching-han, smelled the urine after asking for a cup of water, and then asked the maid to drink it -- which she did. Szeto, however, kept the liquid to have it tested in a lab, the South China Morning Post said. The defence argued that the maid's employer had not drunk the urine and the substance was not poisonous. "The only contact the former employer had with the so-called poisonous mixture was the smell," her lawyer was quoted as telling the court. The magistrate who heard the case said there was no evidence that the maid had suffered any harm after drinking from the cup, but still gave the maid a six-day jail sentence, saying the court "must send a message to the public". Maids from the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka are often the subject of court cases in richer neighbours such as Hong Kong and Singapore, but usually as the victims of rape or other abuse by their employers. http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKPEK20337920070725?feedType=RSS -sick2
This is interesting but I do agree that some [people do drink urine to treat some sickness. Maybe she did not intend to serve her boss her urine
but then hey if ur butt was on the chair of the defendant you will say anything to avoid going to jail or losing your job how the hell u not know there is urine in a cup and why was that cup served to the employer anyways she should have kept it somewhere else
thats pretty messed up how they would still send her to jail. i mean the boss didn't even drink the cup.... i don't know why the maid even drank the cup. that would tell me that she didn't know that the cup had piss in it.
Hahaha, urine is actually one of the cleanest liquid, its sterile unless if it came into contact with unsterile locations.
bleh, she probably just didn't wash her hands after using the bathroom. =P cuz it only smelled like it, no proof of urine actually being in there.
yea i know someone who pees on her scars and scaps, suppose to help them heal sooner, and for the scars to dissapear sooner
I've heard that. The restaurant chefs spit into the meal they prepared when they don't like some customers.
