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Indonesian maid freed from Saudi Arabia's employer RIYADH (Antara): Rumiyati (33), an Indonesian domestic helper in Saudi Arabia, fled her employer's home here early this week with the help of another Saudi family who pitied the girl from Madiun District, East Java. "During her 10-year of service, Rumiyati never received her wages," the Labour Attache at the Indonesian Embassy Sukamto Javaladi told Antara on Tuesday. Rumiyati worked as housemaid of the Naif Hassan Musa Zahroni family, he added. "She was given the opportunity for a phone call to her parents in her hometown only once in the 10 years. And her employers had never let her out of the house, although she had never been physically abused, including sexual harassment," he said. He said the Indonesian maid managed to leave the house after a neighbor who refused to be identified reported her case to the Indonesian Embassy which later freed her with the help of Saudi police. He said the Embassy was now trying to demand Rumiyati's employer for the maid's 10-year wages. "It might amount to 72,000 riyals. Her former employer had said he would pay 70,000 riyals plus an air ticket to Indonesia," he added. Sukamto said such case might happen as Indonesian workers generally did not stick to their contract nor report their employers' address to the Indonesian embassy. He said there are now some 600,000 Indonesians, 90 pct of whom are female, in Riyadh, but only 320,000 are registered legally.(***) +++ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0It09A/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
