Siti Bainun, 30, is charged with two counts of neglecting and abusing the teen, between February and June 2021, resulting in the victim sustaining physical and emotional injuries. Please keep reading this short feature to know more about the incident.
Siti Bainun is the founder of Rumah Bonda. Bainun got arrested for slave-like treatment of a 13-year-old girl, Bella.
She began hating Bella, a child with Down syndrome after she pulled off a curtain and accidentally dislodged it from the holder.
Yasmin Nahar, a witness, says Siti became furious after the incident and began abusing Bella. Horrible punishments got subjected to Bella from that day onwards.
Bella is only a child, an OKU child. To the lawyers that are defending Siti Bainun, shame and disgrace on you. Bella is only a child, an OKU child. Would you defend anyone that has inflicted pain and harm on your child, dear lawyers? #JusticeForBella
— Thinalan T.Rajagopalu 🇲🇾🌺 (@thinalan) April 16, 2022
Siti Bainun Case Update As Court shown videos of ‘slave-like’ treatment
Siti Bainun Ahd Razali is accused of severely injuring and abusing 13- year old girl, Bella. Lawyers representing Siti are Nur Mardiah Md and Farhan Maaruf.
The offenses were carried out at a condominium in Wangsa in 2020 from February to June. Siti has pleaded not guilty in the case.
The sessions court here today was shown several video recordings of the treatment given to inmates, allegedly like slaves, by Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali.
Among the recordings were a birthday celebration for Yasmin Nahar Mahmood, 19, who was then a resident of the home, a vacation with Siti Bainun at a hotel and one taken during a Hari Raya celebration.
In earlier proceedings, Yasmin, the fifth prosecution witness, said she had been treated like a slave by Siti Bainun while staying at the shelter.
When cross-examined by a lawyer representing Siti Bainun, Nur A’minahtul Mardiah Md Nor who asked if she was treated like a slave by Siti Bainun despite the footage showing otherwise, Yasmin replied: Yes.
Referring to the Hari Raya celebration video recorded on May 22, 2021,Yasmin agreed with Nur A’minahtul Mardiah that Bella hugged Siti Bainun for the longest time.
During today’s proceedings, the defence listed 10 of Yasmin’s statements which were said to be lies and false statements.
Among them was her claim about Bella’s poor leg condition which she said had become weak after the frequent abuse (the video recording showed Bella could walk normally) and beaten with a clothes hanger until it broke (Yasmin was then at a shelter in Jitra, Kedah at the time of the incident).
Yasmin however denied that the statements she had given were false.
Earlier when questioned by another defence lawyer, Asiah Abdul Jalil, Yasmin said Siti Bainun had instructed her to apply medicine to the wounds on Bella’s body and the medicines were bought by the accused herself.
The witness agreed the medicines used on Bella included aloe vera moisturiser, iodine solution, wound spray, antiseptic solution and wound dressing as shown in a photograph.
As mentioned in Section 31 1(a) of the child act 2002, Bainun may face up to 20 years of jail and a fine of RM 50k.
The trial continues, and the case has not come to an end.
Who Is Siti Bainun? Wikipedia/ Bio
Siti Bainun’s bio is not available on Wikipedia. She is the owner of Rumah Bonda, who got accused of abuse on a 13-year-old girl.
She has relations with Umno President Datuk Seri Dr. Ahman Zahid Hamidi.
Because of the close relations, people speculated that Siti is the adopted child of Ahman Zahid. However, Ahmad’s biological daughter, Datuk Nurulhidayah, has denied the claim.
Siti had never entered the limelight before making the recent headlines. Hence, only fragmentary information about her is available on the web.
1. The Sessions Court was told that Bella was fed rice with vinegar, turmeric, soy sauce, chilli and rotten fried chicken during the fasting month by Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun.
The 13-year-old was also forced to eat 20 “cili padi” several times a week.
📸: Bernama https://t.co/fyjB01nNFg pic.twitter.com/gfypsnCHK6
— BFM News (@NewsBFM) April 15, 2022
Siti Bainun Age: How Old Is She?
Siti Bainun is 30 years of age. Bainun has not released any information about her birth date on the internet.
She is a Kula Lumper resident and belongs of Malaysian nationality.
Siti got heavily criticized for her horrible abuses by the public. People have labeled the lawyers defending her a disgrace.
Moving on, Bainun was trending in Malaysia on Twitter. The 30-year-old is not available on any social media sites like Instagram.
Just surrender siti bainun and pay for what you did to bella. Truly a living monster #Justiceforbella https://t.co/Yt5oQmj2t5
— Noelle (@Lovedamieee) April 16, 2022