[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Battered Maid's Sponsor Apologetic of Wife's Behavior

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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:29:59 +0200
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Tuesday, 12, September, 2006 (19, Sha`ban, 1427)


      Battered Maid's Sponsor Apologetic of Wife's Behavior
      Maha Akeel, Arab News 


        
            

            Indonesian maid Ana bint Ata Otag, 31, shows signs of abuse on her 
back. (AN photo by Maha Akeel)    
            
      JEDDAH, 12 September 2006 - Ana bint Ata Otag, the 31-year-old Indonesian 
maid who was allegedly abused and beaten by her sponsor's wife, is still 
receiving treatment for her injuries at a Riyadh hospital. 

      According to sources the maid would most likely need to remain in 
hospital for another 20 days to fully recover. Ana's Saudi sponsor, M. 
Al-Garni, a school vice principal, is cooperating with the Indonesian Embassy 
to pay the maid her outstanding salary for the six months she worked for the 
family. 

      Officials from the Indonesian Embassy brought Ana to hospital on 
Wednesday after she managed to escape from her sponsor's home and get to the 
embassy.

      Ana is being treated for various injuries including severe bruises on her 
back, shoulders, face and ears. 

      Nasser Al-Dandani, the lawyer hired by the embassy to follow the case, 
confirmed details about the abuse and added that the sponsor is so far being 
very cooperative in solving the issue and apologetic of his wife's behavior. 

      "We are trying to work out an understanding with the sponsor to pay the 
maid her salary for the past six months, which they have withheld from her. He 
is also willing to pay her compensation for the abuse and allow her to return 
to her country," said the lawyer.

      Al-Dandani hopes that the matter will be resolved amicably without the 
involvement of the courts or a government agency.

      Meanwhile, the sponsor and his wife have accused the maid of beating the 
couple's three children and for being negligent in fulfilling house duties. But 
Al-Dandani said this was no excuse for abusing the maid and the couple could 
have simply terminated her contract and sent her back to her home country. 

      He however said that there was no record of Al-Garni and his wife, also a 
teacher, having problems with maids before.

      Saudi families complain about the waste of money and time in brining in 
maids from abroad and then seeing them inefficient or run away.

      In August last year, Deputy Minister of Labor Affairs Ahmed Mansour 
Al-Zamil warned employers that fail to honor the rights of their workers, 
including housemaids, and delay their salaries could face jail and be banned 
from recruiting workers.

      The Labor Ministry earlier announced the formation of a special 
department to safeguard the rights of expatriate workers and impose penalties 
on employers who abuse them.

      Al-Zamil said that the Department of Protection of Domestic Workers would 
receive complaints from maids who have been sexually harassed, mistreated or 
who have not been given their salaries. "If it is proven that an employer has 
not paid his maid, we will ban him from applying for any domestic workers for 
five years," he said.
     


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