<div><p>A Malaysian court has charged a woman and her son with killing their Indonesian housemaid, a judge said Thursday, in the country's latest case of alleged abuse against foreign workers.</p><p>Canteen operator K. Letchmy, 55, and university student K. Kannan, 26, did not enter pleas when they were charged with murder Wednesday in a magistrate court in southern Malacca state, Judge Muhamad Faizal Ismail said. If found guilty, they could face death by hanging.</p><p>Nurul Aida M. Nur, 31, died at their home on Jan. 21. The Star newspaper reported that an autopsy showed she died of injuries caused by a blunt object.</p><p>Muhamad Faizal said the case would be heard April 6 in a High Court because of the seriousness of the charge.</p><p>Some 230,000 Indonesian maids work in Malaysia. Each year hundreds complain of mistreatment, such as unpaid salaries, overwork and in some cases physical abuse, straining ties between the neighbors.</p><p>A sugar cane juice seller is now on trial on charges of murdering his Indonesian maid, who died after being found beaten and locked in a bathroom.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68414859&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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