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| Saudi Arabia: Suicides Among Indonesian Maids Raise Alarm | ||
| 2004-06-16 | ||
| A young Indonesian maid drank a glass of detergent and was dead on arrival in hospital early this week, the sixth Indonesian domestic help to commit suicide this year. Djoko Santosa, a spokesman of the Indonesian Embassy, said yesterday that attempts to save the womanâs life failed because the solution had caused irreparable damage to her organs. The body remains in police custody while an investigation is under way. âA total of 32 deaths of Indonesian workers, mainly maids, were reported to the Indonesian Embassy so far this year. This also includes nearly six suicide cases involving housemaids,â Santosa said. The growing number of suicides among Indonesian maids has raised an alarm among local workers and government agencies in Jakarta, sparking calls to ensure greater protection for Indonesian migrant workers. He said the embassy and consulates prioritized compensation claims in cooperation with the Saudi government and employers. Jakarta is also working to set up support groups in Saudi Arabia to provide more assistance to domestic workers. âIndonesia will set up some 18 support groups in the Kingdom to safeguard the interests of its workers and monitor cases of harassment,â a recent Indonesian government report said.
My dream is to have enough money to fund a newspaper where news like the above would be printed every single day. Believe me, it will never run out of stories! Leftist, appeasers, self-loathing Americans and Westeners have to be fed a 24 hour diet of news on the treatment of minorities (specially the labor hand) by Middle Easterners and muslims in general. Notice, that the maids are from Indonesia, therefore are muslims. Although, they are considered second class muslims, they are still muslims and consequently treated a little bit better than non-muslim maids. Imagine how they will treat the latter! | ||
| Posted by:Anonymous4617 |
| #10 The guy I worked for the first time I was in SA had a male housekeeper - because he was not a Saudi. The Saudi 'neighbor' across the street had a female housekeeper. Both were Sri Lankans. He described coming home one day to find them standing on the curb talking to each other - across the street. He didn't mind, of course, but warned his guy that this might cause problems if the Saudi found out. What harm could there be in these two lonely homesick people talking to each other, you ask? None, of course. Well, the Saudi neighbor did 'catch' them, eventually, and my boss told me she ended up in the hospital from the beating and then summarily deported by this well-connected Aramco Saudi asswipe. This is a common-place story. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-16 7:15:03 PM |
| #9 Tragedy of the Commons? Rantburg? Ima thought this was the free rider thingy. :) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-06-16 11:15:51 AM |
| #8 As important as it is for we kafr to know the truth about Saudi Islam it is even more important for Moslems to know it. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-06-16 9:57:11 AM |
| #7 âIndonesia will set up some 18 support groups in the Kingdom to safeguard the interests of its workers and monitor cases of harassment,â Yeah? And just how are these maids to access the support groups, ask for a ride from their employers? |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-06-16 9:42:01 AM |
| #6 Spot, "All we need to do is get more people to read Rantburg:" Believe me, I do that, too. I have e-mailed this link to people in a South American country that shall remain nameless, the US and here, in Saudi Arabia. I know that the blogosphere is what most readers will turn to for news in the future but, we are not there yet. The truth about the treatment of minorities by muslims needs to be publize now and in a big way. I guarantee that this will change the mind of a lot of those wishy-washy Westerners, who still think that muslims are just like them...maybe a little bit different given that they come from a different culture. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4617 2004-06-16 9:35:33 AM |
| #5 In my total of 22+ months of service in the Persian Gulf, (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, U.A.E.,etc.) I have read numerous reports in the local newspapers of expat workers taking their own lives. The most popular way of doing it is usually poison, although I have read of a few hangings. It appears that the suicides are usually out of desperation due to sexual abuse, maltreatment, etc. The law of the underworld is definatly a part of the Arab culture, and TCN's (Third Country Nationals) are often treated like Children of a lesser God by their employers. Muslim or not, TCN's are usually shat on by not only their bosses, but the entire indigenous population. Guess what Rantburgers, Kuwait(TM)is only 40 something % native Kuwaitis, all the rest being from Egypt, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Bangledesh, etc. Money has been the major catalyst, along with the Arab-wide state of Mass insecurity and dominance. |
| Posted by: Bodyguard 2004-06-16 9:30:04 AM |
| #4 Good point - In this case the 'holier' Arab muslims are doing it to less 'holy' Indonease Muslims. Just like in Sudan where you are the 'holier' arab muslims killing/raping/murdering their less-holy African/Black 'muslim brother and sisters' while the world (particulary the UN) watches. And no, this type of abuse is *not* uncommon. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-06-16 9:25:19 AM |
| #3 I SPIT ON THEM! Arabs treat domestic workers like camel sh*t! Especially women foreigners! |
| Posted by: Anonymous5237 2004-06-16 9:14:29 AM |
| #2 Spot, tradegy of the commons. |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-06-16 9:01:46 AM |
| #1 My dream is to have enough money to fund a newspaper Fund a newspaper? That's old media. The blogosphere is new media. All we need to do is get more people to read Rantburg:) |
| Posted by: Spot 2004-06-16 8:54:44 AM |