Two teens die in fire incident

Oh. My. God. So, the news is true! Mum has told me about this on yesterday afternoon. I hardly can believe it, cause the whole story sounds like a scene in local Indonesia drama and she knew about it from the daily-gossip-session with the aunties from the neighborhood. But heck, it is true! It happens in real life.

Dua remaja tewas terkurung di kamarnya setelah rumah mereka terbakar. Mereka yang biasa dipanggil Tasya (15) dan Melvin (14) ini tidak tertolong karena pintu kamarnya terkunci. Seorang pembantu bernama Sri diduga mengunci rumah ini tanpa alasan yang jelas.

quoted from Kompas website

Bottom line: Two teens, 15 yo and 14 yo, die in a fire incident which happened on midnight. Their bedroom’s door was being locked from outside, hence they couldn’t escape from the 3 (or is it 4?) floors house. Their parents went overseas (Hongkong) when incident happened.

They have 2 stay-at-home-maids, one was being locked from outside too but managed to escape from the window, while the other one wasn’t at the location (highly suspected for causing the fire). The Nissan X-trail also went KABOOM. Sigh.

What I heard from my neighbors (the gossip’s aunties) is…

- they are richie people

- the teens studied at Singapore Piaget Academy (with Singapore curriculum and sky high tuition fee)

- the mother is well-known for being arrogant (this is an opinion, not a fact yet).

- the parents went to Hongkong cause the father wanted to go Macau for gambling. He likes gambling, often goes to Macau (the gambling paradise) for that, and the wife always follows him.

- few days before the incident, that highly-suspected-maid kept on bringing an unknown man to the house. The other maid already warned her not to do so, the parents and the teens did too. It draws to the conclusion, probably it was the unknown man that provoke her for doing so. It often happens like this, the innocent maid from a small kampung did a criminal thing after be-friended with an unknown man. Sigh.

- when incident happened, the 15 yo teen girl still had the chance to call her Grandma and said that she was holding the hu-po (some Buddhist charm).

This case is still being investigate. But it is highly suspected that the fire is caused by the other maid which is missing. Sigh. This is oh so scary / insane / crazy / unbelievable / cruel, if she is the one who cause the whole thing (not only burn the house but also the family members including the dog).

It is enough if she wanted to burn the house. But why the need to lock their bedroom from outside? That is probably one of the the cruelest ways of doing execution to innocent people! Sigh. May they rest in peace.

Lessons to learn (note for myself):
- Treat your maid well. You won’t know what she can do, when she holds a grudge towards you. Well, actually, not just limited to maid but people around you.
- Never ever leave your maid at home while you go to work/outstation/overseas.
- Never ever let your maid go out and befriended with unknown guy.
- Best of all, don’t hire any stay-at-home maid!

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