By Khushwant Singh
A DISTRICT court heard that an Indonesian maid had told a police officer that she fed 'medicine' to her 79-year-old employer to make her less troublesome.
But Windri Hartatik, 26, denied she ever said this and did she know of any such drugs.
At the start of the two-day trial on Thursday, Sergeant Norhafizah Kamaludin, 26, testified that last Dec 22, Madam Mah Ah Choo came to the Serangoon neighbourhood police centre to complain that her maid was poisoning her.
The policewoman then interviewed Windri, who claimed that a neighbour had given her a pack of white-coloured pills that would make Madam Mah 'slow down' and not nag and complain so much.
The maid, who had worked for Madam Mah for two years also said she got rid of the remaining pills when police were informed, said Sgt Norhafizah.
In her police statement to investigating officer Ong Xiqing, Windri changed her story and said that she had brought the pills from Indonesia and had taken them when she had difficulty sleeping. She also admitted to lacing Madam Mah's food, but said this was because the investigating officer had told her she would get off lightly if she confessed.