IPOH: The High Court was told that the maid who accused former Tronoh assemblyman Paul Yong Choo Kiong of rape five years ago admitted in a statement, read by her lawyer, that she had falsely accused the politician in order to return to Indonesia.

Pathurrahman SH. MH, 58, an advocate based in Kabupaten Sumbawa, Indonesia, read out the alleged statement letter he had drafted after the maid approached him on May 20, 2024 to provide her testimony.