Employer cuts off maid's arm for complaining to police

[applecruncher]

mg1:

This happened in Saudi Arabia, but YIKES.

"... According to Vijayakumari, Munirathinam's employer cut off her arm after she told local police that she was being mistreated, not being paid and not given enough food.
The Indian government has complained to Saudi Arabia about the incident. "

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/09/asia/india-saudi-maid-attack/

 

[fureverywhere]

They say that servants in the Saudi states are treated like animals. Their employer has their passports so they can't escape. They can be raped, beaten and starved and have no one to complain to. If one of them dies by their employer it can be covered up quite easily. One story I read was an American businessman lost an expensive watch in his hotel room.

He mentioned it to hotel staff as he checked out to go home. The maid who cleaned his room was accused and punished the same day. They cut off her right hand. The businessman found the watch as he unpacked his suitcase.

 

[Falcon]

No wonder the arabs do such terrible things. It's the heat that gets them.

 

[SeaBreeze]

Born and raised in America, thank goodness!

 

[Debby]

And the West is going after Assad because he's a dictator?????? And they're lending air support to the Saudi's as they bomb civilians in Yemen???? Does this mean some monsters and dictators are okay but others aren't? So what are the criteria?