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Police arrest father for false report of kidnapping By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS Published: Jul 25, 2010 14:52 Updated: Jul 25, 2010 14:52 JEDDAH: Three-year-old Rawan, allegedly abducted by the family's Indonesian maid, has been found safe and returned to her mother, Jeddah police spokesman First Lt. Nawwaf Al-Bouq said on Sunday. Authorities now believe the father gave a false report about a kidnapping and ransom after the Indonesian family he hired to care for the child demanded they be paid the agreed-upon salary for the last month before returning the child. The police have taken the father, who had lodged the complaint of kidnapping against an Indonesian family, into custody for falsely implicating the Indonesian woman, whom he alleged was his housemaid. The girl, according to her father's report to the police on Saturday, was left alone in the care of the family maid at a children's play area in Faisaliah district when she was kidnapped. The maid reportedly set a ransom for the child's release. Police tracked down the Indonesian woman through the mobile number given to them by the father. The police rang the number and when the Indonesian woman answered, the case was presented to her. She invited the police to her home to ascertain the facts. The police, on arrival, found the girl living with an Indonesian family, who had been contracted by the father to take care of the girl. The arrangement was the family would take care of the child for a monthly payment. The father had married an Indonesian woman with whom he had the child. The parents are now divorced and that's why the child was left in care with this Indonesian family that was close to the child's mother, the police said. The police said that problems arose following a dispute in payment between the father and the Indonesian family. The father had told the family that he wanted the child back, but the family refused to hand the child over until they were paid for this month. When the father was thwarted in his efforts to take the child, the police said, that he threatened the Indonesian family with dire consequence while promising that he would get the child by any means necessary. The father then lodged a complaint with a concocted story against the Indonesian woman, alleging that the child was kidnapped for ransom. The real story unraveled following the police investigation with the Indonesian family's statement being corroborated by others. The police also got a confession from the father that he had fabricated the story. The police warned people against making false allegations.
