Refleksi : Sepatutnya penguasa NKRI harus malu karena warganegaranya diperbudak, disiksa, diperkosa, ditipu, tetapi mereka bergalak pilon, bisu, tuli, buta lagi lumpuh untuk waktu hampir 35 tahun. Apakah ada faedahnya dengan negara yang tidak memperhatikan derita rakyatnya?
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article197705.ece Indonesia's ban on housemaids for Kingdom not yet confirmed By WALAA HAWARI & RODOLFO C. ESTIMO JR. | ARAB NEWS Published: Nov 22, 2010 00:40 Updated: Nov 22, 2010 00:40 RIYADH: A source at the Indonesian Embassy said on Sunday no official action has been taken yet by Indonesian authorities regarding the proposal by the speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives to impose a moratorium on migrant workers to Saudi Arabia. The suggestion was made following the latest reports of maid abuse. "Ambassador Gatot Abdullah Mansyur is very much concerned over the issue and is constantly in touch with Jakarta," the source told Arab News on the condition he not be named. News of a possible ban on the deployment of Indonesian maids to the Kingdom comes in the wake of the death of Kikim Komalasari, 36, whose body was found on Nov. 11 on a roadside in Abha. The body was found with lacerations and a slashed throat. The maid's sponsor and wife have reportedly been detained, but no further details about charges, if any, were available on Sunday. Komalasari's death came when the public was still seething over the torture of 23-year-old Indonesian housemaid Sumiati Salan Mustapa. Indonesian House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie suggested a halt to sending domestic workers to the Kingdom if authorities failed to seriously tackle the issue. The recent reports of maid abuse and murder brought to memory the case of Nour Miyati, the maid brought to a Riyadh hospital back in March 2005 in a critical condition. Miyati was suffering from gangrene to her fingers, toes and a part of her right foot in addition to other signs of physical abuse and was brought to hospital by her sponsor. Doctors had to amputate some of her fingers and toes. Miyati's case was never resolved after authorities accused her changing her allegations. Miyati had alleged her sponsor tied her to a sink in the bathroom and left her there for a month and beat her up severely. Investigators questioned her again in the absence of a legal advocate and then said she retracted her allegations. A judge initially sentenced her to 79 lashes for making false allegations, but later retracted the sentence. In the end, the wife of the sponsor was lashed 35 times after admitting to beating the maid. Meanwhile, activists have long complained that Indonesia lags behind other labor exporters, such as the Philippines, when it comes to protecting its workers. "The death (of Komalasari) could not have come at a worse time for relations between Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. As commentators were railing against the Sumiati incident, the Saudi ambassador to Indonesia was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a small but vocal group of protesters gathered outside its embassy," the Jakarta Globe reported on its website on Saturday. Saudi Arabia does not have a memorandum of understanding with Indonesia regarding migrant workers. Problems encountered by migrant workers in other countries, like Malaysia and Jordan, have led to frequent moratoriums on sending workers to those countries. For his part, Gov. Zainul Majdi of East Nusa Tenggara, the province where Sumaiti is from, declared his own moratorium on sending maids from his province to Saudi Arabia. Comments a.. 9 Comments b.. Post your comment c.. Read all ABDUH Nov 22, 2010 11:51 Report abuse The shame is on all Muslims in the whole wide world when the news were transmitted worldwide through the media. The government of SA, the supposedly custodians of the most holy cities of Mekkah & Medina must act and show the world of their unbiased reaction towards the dastardly act done by the Saudis. This should also apply to other middle Eastern Muslim States! Once is just a happenstance, twice might be an accident, thrice it must be on purpose! UMM FATIMAH Nov 22, 2010 12:00 Report abuse There should be a total ban on all housemaids.. And there should be a system set up with a monitoring committee that if a family needs a housemaid, strict qualifications apply.. There should be a need, like an elderly infirm member of the household that needs extra care; The wife is employed and no other means of daycare for her children; a handicapped person in the household; and a minimum of at least 5 years of marriage before a wife can apply for a maid (that way she can learn herself how to care for the home).. and if she has 3 children or less, she cannot apply.. Let her take care of those children herself.. ROSTY Nov 22, 2010 12:26 Report abuse shame on these Saudi citizen, treating poor people like that. It is now also in the hands of the Saudi authorities to make here the right steps forward and tell the Indonesian people, not all Saudis are like that. HIDAYATULLAH Nov 22, 2010 12:28 Report abuse I'm so sad to hear this news, why there is the woman having bad habbit like that?I hope the arabian government can be justice for all, punish your citizen if she guilted... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [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/
