Saudi gets report

29 August 2010 03:35 am Views - 4261

The Sri Lankan Embassy in Saudi Arabia received a medical report yesterday regarding the Sri Lankan housemaid who was found with 24 nails and needles embedded in her legs, arms, hands and forehead, allegedly pushed into her body by the Saudi couple she worked for as a method of punishment.

A video statement from the victim translated into Arabic was also handed over to the Saudi Embassy in Colombo for necessary action.

“We have the report regarding L.T. Ariyawathi, a 49-year-old domestic aide who came to Riyadh in March for employment under a Saudi sponsor,” an embassy official told Arab News, adding that this would facilitate the mission to take up the case with the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Saudi Arabia requesting action against the employer.

Although the mission knows the details of the Saudi sponsor, officials have stated that it is not within Ministry protocol to contact the sponsor directly. Arab News tried to contact the sponsor but did not get a response.

“All our actions will be channeled through the Saudi Foreign Ministry,” he said. (Arab News)