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Indonesian maid clinging to life after sponsor's brutal torture Dubai (DPA): An Indonesian maid is fighting for her life after suffering sadistic tortures and rape by her sponsor, the Saudi newspaper Arab News reported Sunday. Twenty-five-year-old Suniati Binti Nibaran Sujari was in a critical condition in intensive care with burns to more than half of her body and brutal injuries to her genitals, said the paper. It is the second case of brutal torture of an Indonesian maid reported within the last three weeks in Saudi Arabia. Sujari was rushed to the intensive care unit of the Riyadh Medical Complex on Thursday morning. Her employer has been detained and is being questioned by police about allegations of sexual harassment and physical torture. Nasser Al-Dandani, a Saudi lawyer representing the Indonesian Embassy in this case, confirmed that Suniati had been tortured but refused to give further details. Arif Suyoko, a spokesman for the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh told Arab news, Suniati has suffered extensive burn injuries on her face, her hands, legs and all across her abdomen and genitals. "She could only nod her head and blink her eyes when the name of her employer as culprit was mentioned to her in the hospital," said Suyoko, and indicated her condition was deteriorating. "She is unable to swallow solid foods because of severe burns on her chest," he added. "Suniati probably has been raped besides being tortured by her sponsor and his family members," Suyoko said. The maid hails from West Java in Indonesia. In comments to Arab News, embassy officials also expressed concern that cases of sadistic torture and brutal beatings of housemaids appeared on the increase. "There is a need to streamline the whole process of maid deployment," said another diplomat, adding that Jakarta's ban on deployment of maids in Saudi Arabia continues. Saudi Arabia is currently home to more than 600,000 Indonesian women workers, most of them domestic aides. The Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh is receiving nearly 10 complaints per day from maids, while the Indonesian Consulate in Jeddah has been handling some five to seven complaints a day. Another 25-year old maid from Indonesia was admitted to hospital in Riyadh on March 19. She had been tied up for a month in a bathroom and repeatedly beaten by her sponsor and was suffering from gangrene, severe contusions, bleeding and stress. Four of her fingers had to be amputated and further surgicalprocedures were not ruled out. (*) Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/S.QlOD/3MnJAA/Zx0JAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
