The poor girl managed to save herself by jumping into a swimming pool in the back of the house.
Yani (25), the house maid, who came from Cibinong, Sukaratu village, Bojong Picung sub-district, Cianjur, sustained serious burns after some of her fellow housemaids took Yani out from her employer`s home.
For her mistake of picking the wrong plate, her employer got so angry and poured kerosene on the housemaid.
"I did not suspect that my employer will burn me alive only because I picked the wrong plate. And this was not the first time that she beat me," she said Sunday.
"I then locked myself in my bathroom for two days and tried to heal my burns with toothpaste," she said.
After the two days some of her friends came to the house, and freed her. Several days later she returned home to Cianjur via Kalimantan. (*)
Editor: Kunto Wibisono
Copyright © ANTARA 2011
