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-Lurid Crime Tales-
In Saudi Arabia, another maid dies falling out of a window. Will they ever find a cure?
2011-05-23
Police are investigating the death of an Asian housemaid following a fall from the third floor of a residential building in Alkhobar, Eastern Province.
Or was she pushed?
Her sponsor told police that the maid, who was in her 20s and a newcomer to the Kingdom, had the accident while attempting to run away from the seventh floor apartment through a kitchen window. She managed to slide down the drainage pipe until the third floor, from where she had the fatal fall. The woman died at a hospital.
Oops! An accident! Not another one! Just like when you accidentally break something while cleaning around the house. I'm sure their Saudi employers are understanding about that, as well.
Those foreign maids really are impossible, my dear, but one can't do without them. The local girls think they're one's equal -- that just won't do.
Some of the story comments are gold:

Oh yes, another accidental oppressed and abuse maid fall from a third floor building. I know, she believed that she could fly.She must have been watching too many Batman films. Could you make up a more plausible story? It seems that the opulent saudis are very unfortunate with these maids
Its OKAY to have maid of 20 year old , its OK for family females to be with drivers in complete absence of their male guardians. Its OK that salesmen assist women for buying lingerie and cosmetic products. But Saudi women are not allowed to travel outside alone. welcome to real world, rules which contradict each other.
Posted by:gromky

#3  "Are they slaves?"

Well, duh, CS.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2011-05-23 19:16  

#2  I am still trying to warp my mind around the phrase "attempting to run away"? Are they slaves? can they not simply quit and leave? Where the heck is HRW? Can they spare a few from Gaza and send them to the the Kingdom?
Posted by: Cyber Sarge    2011-05-23 19:11  

#1  I understand DSK will be moving to Saudi Arabia if he is somehow acquitted.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2011-05-23 00:41  

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