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[Kinda tells ya (if one isn't doesn't already know) the caliber (pun intended) of our "allies" (something on a par with our "Kosovar" allies)]
Saudi Princess arrested for beating servant
By The Associated Press
By The Associated Press
Orlando, Fla. (12/18/01) -- Police arrested a Saudi
princess at a luxury resort and charged her with felony aggravated battery for
beating her servant and pushing her down a flight of stairs.
Princess Buniah al-Saud, the
niece of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, was being held without bond at
the Orange County Jail for beating Memet Ismiyati, her Indonesian maid.
The princess could receive 15 years in prison if
convicted of the second-degree felony.
Neighbors called 911 Friday after Ismiyati, 36, ran
crying from the apartment she shared with the princess in Orange County. She
told deputies al-Saud beat her, hit her head against a wall and pushed her down
a flight of stairs, leaving her unable to walk.
"When we talked to her (Ismiyati) through an
Indonesian interpreter and saw the extent of her injuries, we upgraded the
charges to a felony," said Orange County's Undersheriff Malone Stewart.
Ismiyati was treated and released from a local
hospital.
The Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C., said the
princess had diplomatic immunity. But the Immigration and Naturalization Service
said al-Saud, 41, did not tell them of her travel plans, stripping her of
diplomatic immunity.
Stewart said State Department officials want to
talk to al-Saud.
"It doesn't matter who she's related to," he said.
"This lady is not here lawfully."
In 1995, another Saudi princess, Princess Maha
al-Sudairi, wife of the heir to the throne, was accused of beating a servant in
Orange County who stole $200,000 from her. Four off-duty Orange County sheriff's
deputies were disciplined for mishandling the
incident.
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