KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian couple has been charged with the murder of the family's 26-year-old Indonesian maid, a lawyer said Thursday, in the country's latest case of alleged abuse against foreign workers.
Indonesia recently promised to lift a 2009 ban on sending maids to Malaysia after the neighbors inked a new deal for better working conditions to curb abuse and torture.
Lawyer Guok Ngek Seong said Fong Kong Meng, 55, and his wife, Teoh Ching Yen, 53, were charged Wednesday in a magistrate's court with killing their maid, Isti Komariyah.
Guok, who is representing Fong, said Isti had worked for the couple since July 2010. The court set July 18 for a …

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