The Shit we some of us are in!

Friday November 14, 2008
Two single mums turn to prostitution to feed kids

TWO single mothers became part-time prostitutes to make ends meet after their ex-husbands failed to pay maintenance despite the Syariah Court order.
Worse still, the two women – a security guard and a cleaner – had to allow their colleagues to pay in instalments for “services rendered” to earn extra money.

These were some concerns raised by the Syariah Judicial Department at a seminar, reported Berita Harian.

Department director-general Datuk Ibrahim Lembut said that one of the women, a mother of six, turned to prostitution two months after her divorce.“She offered services to her colleagues and was willing to accept staggered payment because their salaries were low.

“The other mother, who works as a cleaner, also had to resort to this so that they could feed their children,” he said.
Ibrahim said the department’s Family Support Division had brought a case against the women’s former husbands.

The division is expected to take action against the two for failure to pay maintenance.
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I Highlight this story because there are many of us not only those who has gone through the syariah courts but the civil courts as well who are int he same boat!

Our country's laws do nothing to make it compulsary for the father to pay maintenance. Even the rates are so very low!

I remember my mom told her friend that in 1977 i was 6 yrs old then the judge set the monthly maintenance of RM200 for 3 kids per month! I was only 6 yrs old then, my sister was 5 and my brother was 3. I remember so vividly that my mom had this savage look of anger and frustration on her face because to top it of my dad's lawyer said he cannot afford that amount every month and asked to reduce it!

We had no house of our own. My mom worked 2 full time jobs and 1 part time job to make eds meet and in hopes of giving us a better life. My dear beloved mother worked until 2 weeks before she died!

And now i'm a single mother. My story will have to be told later. Right now i'm just too angry to write anymore, my memories are too vivid.