Indonesian Embassy Denies Indonesian Worker Amputated in Saudi Arabia Monday, 17 September, 2007 | 17:45 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Sukamto, the Indonesian Migrant Worker Attache at the Indonesian Embassy in El Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has denied that an Indonesian worker there suffered violence. Based on the investigation of Indonesian Embassy staff to the Riyadh Medical Center, he said, no Indonesian citizen was operated on or amputated within the last 35 days. "No such thing happened. My staff has checked the database and asked about reports from Indonesian nurses who work there," he said when contacted by Tempo, Monday afternoon (17/9). Migrant Care's analyst, Wahyu Susilo, mentioned about an act of violence against an Indonesian worker in Saudi Arabia, yesterday. According to Wahyu, the worker was treated for two days in Riyadh Medical Center while in a coma. Two hands and one leg of the Indonesian worker, whose identity is not known yet, said Wahyu, were amputated because the wounds were decaying. Wahyu acknowledged receiving the report from an activist of Saudi National Human Rights, that the Indonesian worker had been tortured for a month. Wahyu, when contacted by Tempo again, said he still maintained the information he received in the first place despite he has not had any further reports from his source in Saudi Arabia. >b> Amandra Mustika Megarani
