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Sri Lankan officials await response in maid torture case
By the CNN Wire Staff
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* Saudi authorities have not confirmed arrest of couple accused of torture
* Maid is Sri Lankan; delegation from her country is in Saudi Arabia
* Doctors remove 18 nails from maid's arms, legs, forehead
* She was attacked after complaining of being overworked, officials say
RELATED TOPICS
* Sri Lanka
(CNN) -- Despite reports that a Saudi couple accused of torturing a Sri Lankan
housemaid was arrested, Saudi authorities have not verified the action, a Sri
Lankan official told CNN.
The Saudi employer and his wife were reportedly arrested this week in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia, after allegations they hammered nails into the maid's body,
according to officials at the Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry.
But two days later, "No one from the Saudi government has confirmed to us that
they have been arrested," said Nimal Ranawaka, counselor for employment and
welfare at the Sri Lankan Embassy in Riyadh.
Saudi Arabian authorities could not be reached immediately for verification.
The two suspects have not been named.
Doctors at a Sri Lankan hospital operated for three hours last week to remove
18 nails and metal particles allegedly hammered into the arms, legs and
forehead of a maid by her Saudi employer.
Dr. Kamal Weeratunga said the surgical team in the southern town of
Kamburupitiya pulled nails ranging from about 1 to 3 inches from Lahadapurage
Daneris Ariyawathie's body. He said doctors have not yet removed four small
metal particles embedded in her muscles.
"She is under heavy antibiotics but in a stable condition," Weeratunga said.
Sri Lankan officials, meanwhile, met with Saudi diplomats in Colombo to urge an
investigation into the incident.
"It was cruel treatment which should be roundly condemned," said L.K. Ruhunuge
of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment.
He said the Sri Lanka government has forwarded to Saudi authorities a detailed
report on the incident including statements from Ariyawathie.
Ruhunuge and two other officials arrived in Saudi Arabia to meet with Saudi
officials about the matter. The delegation arrived in Riyadh on Monday and will
be in the country for another two days.
Ariyawathie left Sri Lanka on March 25 to work as a housemaid in Riyadh after
the bureau registered her as a person obtaining a job from an officially
recognized job agency.
She was held down by her employer's wife while the employer hammered the heated
nails, Ruhunuge said. She apparently had complained to the couple that she was
being overworked, Ruhunuge said.
The nails were hammered into her arms and legs while one was on her forehead,
he said.
Several countries across the Middle East and Asia host significant numbers of
migrant domestic workers, ranging from 196,000 in Singapore to about 1.5
million in Saudi Arabia, according to a report published earlier this year by
Human Rights Watch.
Many of the domestic workers are poor Asian women from Sri Lanka, Indonesia,
India, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Nepal. Widespread abuse has been
documented by global human rights groups.
Common complaints include unpaid wages, long working hours with no time for
rest and heavy debt burdens from exorbitant recruitment fees, said the Human
Rights Watch report.
CNN's Iqbal Athas contributed to this report.
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