Indonesia is looking at possibilities of enforcing a new moratorium on sending its citizens to work as domestic helpers here, following the reported death of 21-year-old Adelina Lisao who was allegedly abused by her employers at their home in Penang.

Jakarta Post quoted Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Rusdi Kirana who said he had proposed halting the sending of domestic workers to Malaysia and working on restructuring the employment administration process with the aim of mending diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Rusdi also said that Indonesia's President Joko ''Jokowi" Widodo is on board with the idea of halting the recruitment of Indonesian domestic workers to Malaysia, having raised the issue during an annual consultation meeting hosted by Prime Minister Najib Razak in Kuching last year.

“A moratorium is important so we can restructure our TKI (migrant workers) employment system to prevent cases such as Adelina’s from happening again,” Rusdi said in reference to migrant workers in the informal sector.

He reportedly said violations against Indonesian domestic helpers had also caused tension between the two countries.

"In order to promote cooperation, what happened to Adelina should not happen again,” said the envoy.

According to reports, several neighbours alleged that Adelina was forced to sleep with a Rottweiler at the car porch for over a month before she was rescued by Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim and his team last Saturday.

She died with severe injuries to her head and face, and had infected wounds on her hands and legs.

Indonesia had in 2009 first introduced a moratorium on sending its citizens to work as domestic helpers here.

The freeze was lifted in 2011 following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two governments which provided safeguards and conditions for placement of domestic helpers here.