An Indian maid was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her employer's house in Malaysia, the second case of sudden death involving an Indian worker in the northeast Georgetown district this year.
The body was discovered at 11 pm on Sunday night by a neighbour who was asked to check on the maid by the employer, who was away travelling to Kuala Lumpur.
The incident was reported in Georgetown district of Penang state.
The woman, who was in her 40s, was yet to be identified as her document was believed to have been kept by her employer, police chief Gan Kong Meng said on Monday, Star online reported.
The body was discovered at 11 pm on Sunday night by a neighbour who was asked by the employer to check on the maid.
Police did not suspect foul play and have classified the case as sudden death, he said, adding that the body was sent to Penang Hospital.
Gan added that this was the second case of sudden death involving Indian maids reported in the northeast district so far this year, state-owned Bernama news agency said.
In May, a 25-year-old Indian maid from Punjab was found dead with 90 per cent burns on her body in Malaysia's Penang state, in what appeared to be a case of suicide.
Malaysia, a country of 28 million people with a mix of three races including eight per cent ethnic Indians, relies heavily on foreign workers and maids.
Though the reason for last night's death has not yet been announced by the police, in the past there have been several cases of maid abuse.
Indonesia, a major source for maids, banned its women from going to Malaysia three years ago to work after cases of maid abuse surfaced.
There have been hundreds of cases of Indian male workers being abused and being denied their wages over the years.
The High Commission of India regularly advises workers to check the background of job recruitment agents and employers before pawning their belongings and rushing to Malaysia for a dream job, only to wake up to the reality of low wages and sometimes ill treatment by the employers.
A few years ago, a young worker from Tamil Nadu died after being inhumanly treated by his employers, who used to chain him and not give him food.
