IPOH: A bedsheet believed to have semen stains was found in the house of former Perak executive council member Paul Yong (pic), the High Court heard.

       Eight spots believed to be semen were seen on a white bedsheet when he went there, said police forensic field investigating officer Inspector V. Simon, who was testifying in Yong’s rape trial yesterday.

       Simon said he collected the specimens from the side of a bed and on the floor using two swab sticks.

       “Four strands of hair, a mop, grey men’s underwear, a pink panty, a blue bra, (a pair of) blue shorts, a white round-necked T-shirt, a brown T-shirt and a (pair of) black shorts with red stripes were taken from the scene,” added Simon, who is attached to the Perak Police Contingent headquarters.

       On Aug 23, 2019, Yong claimed trial at the Ipoh Sessions Court to raping his then 23-year-old maid.

       The offence was allegedly committed in a room on the top floor of his house in Meru Desa Park between 8.15pm and 9.15pm on July 7 of that year.

       Earlier yesterday, a representative of a maid agency testified that she had never received a call from the victim’s employer asking about the mental state of the maid.

       Chor Pei Sun, 47, a sales and marketing representative in the company, said the maid’s employer, identified as “Mrs Yong”, had called her once for an update on the maid’s medical check-up.

       Replying to a question by deputy public prosecutor Liyana Zawani Mohd Radzi, Chor said the female employer had wanted to check on the maid’s situation in relation to the Foreign Workers Medical Examination Monitoring Agency.

       During cross examination, Yong’s counsel Salim Bashir asked Chor if she was aware of a past medical report on the maid’s mental state back in Indonesia, to which Chor said she could not remember.

       The agency’s director Hong Ngin Sin, 65, said he had stated in a police report that the maid was “treated unfairly by the employer” instead of saying she had been raped as he was not sure what actually happened.He said he did not get to meet the maid to find out what had transpired because she had already left the house when agency staff went to Yong’s residence to pick her up.

       “In my 20 years of experience in this field, some maids who don’t want to work at a place anymore or want to return home will make up various excuses such as their employer raping them, or that they were not paid their salary or given food.“So, we always meet the maid first and assess the situation because if the allegation is found to be false, the employer can take legal action against our company,” he added.

       A total of 14 witnesses have testified so far in the trial before Judge Datuk Abdul Wahab Mohamed.

       The hearing continues today.