Saudi couple "hammer 24 nails" into Sri Lankan maid

Reuters 08/26/2010 15:28

Saudi couple "hammer 24 nails" into Sri Lankan maid - Saudi Arabia - crime - Middle East - torture

A Saudi couple tortured their Sri Lankan maid after she complained of a too heavy workload by hammering 24 nails into her hands, legs and forehead, officials said on Thursday.

Nearly 2 million Sri Lankans sought employment overseas last year and around 1.4 million, mostly maids, were employed in the Middle East. Many have complained of physical abuse or harassment.

L.T. Ariyawathi, a 49-year old mother of three, returned on Friday after five months in Saudi Arabia.

Her family only realized what had happened to her when she complained of pain and they took her to see the doctor, Foreign Employment Bureau officials said.

(...) Ariyawathi has been taken to hospital for surgery to remove the nails, which according to the maid were hammered in when they were hot.

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