Maid's hand cut off by employer

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/09/...id-attack/index.html

These people are real sick

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<cite class="el-editorial-source">New Delhi (CNN)</cite>A Saudi employer chopped off the right arm of an Indian domestic worker after she complained to police that the employer was mistreating her, the woman's sister said Friday.

Kashturi Munirathinam, 58, was employed by a Saudi household in Riyadh three months ago, her sister S. Vijayakumari told CNN on the phone from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Vijayakumari said the family was told about the attack on September 30.

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.

India: We will seek justice

"We are aware of the plight of Ms. Kashturi Munirathinam, a domestic help who has suffered serious injuries allegedly inflicted by her Saudi Arabian sponsor," Indian external affairs spokesman Vikas Swarup said in a statement Thursday night.

New Delhi demanded that Riyadh order an independent investigation of the incident.

Munirathinam is being treated at a Saudi hospital, the External Affairs Ministry statement said.

India also called for Saudi authorities to charge the employer with attempted murder.

"This is a very unfortunate and most condemnable incident. Our embassy in Riyadh has taken up the matter with the Saudi Foreign Office and asked for strict action in the matter and severe punishment for the sponsor," Swarup said.

"We will continue to seek justice for the victim," he added.

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called the alleged attack "brutal."

CNN contacted the Saudi ambassador in New Delhi, Saud bin Mohammed AlSati, for comment on the case. He refused to discuss the matter over the phone and advised CNN to seek a formal appointment. CNN has requested an appointment.

Saudi Arabia's poor track record on migrant workers

Saudi Arabia has come under harsh criticism for the treatment of domestic workers in the kingdom, as frequent reports emerge about the abuse of maids working in vulnerable domestic environments.

And last month, a Saudi diplomat working in his country's embassy in New Delhi left India after being accused of sexually assaulting -- and facilitating gang rapes -- of two Nepali domestic helpers who worked for him.

Earlier this year, Indonesia banned its citizens from working as domestic helpers in 21 countries, including Saudi Arabia.

Two Indonesian maids were executed by beheading in Saudi Arabia earlier this year, after murder convictions that were questioned by rights groups.

Sri Lanka also placed limits on the number of women working in Saudi Arabia as maids after the beheading of a woman convicted of killing her employer's infant son while only 17.

Tim Hume contributed to this report from London.

10/9/1510:04 AM

PrashadSenior Member

This is a good example of why East Indians regardless of religion, colour and look should treat each other with kindness and respect. This world does not revolve around that Afc elephant Churchill. So East Indian people try to help each other.

10/9/1511:02 AM

cainTired old hippie

Originally Posted by Prashad:

Hey Moron,WTF does your post have to do with the article? I'm starting to believe you and Nehru are the same poster, your posts are all just fkin asinine and add nothing to the discussion.

10/9/1511:08 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Prashad:

Why dont you shut the hell up? These people get to the Gulf by being traded and sold by their own. The people controlling the hiring are all indians.

Recently, it was discovered that even the US army employ some 40K indians as support staff who all work for other Indians who take most of their wages. They work for years and still end up owing these arkatis. That is exactly what they are called. They are people traders who own the squats, do the advertising in the Indian papers, sign the contract with the employers and manage these poor people like slaves.

10/9/1511:10 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Prashad:

They will never do that....not built that way...

10/9/1511:20 AM

Billy Ram BalgobinBilly

This fake Amerindian has something against the Indians.

10/9/1512:16 PM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Billy Ram Balgobin:

This fake Amerindian has something against the Indians.

Are you a fake indian? I know my language. I speak it often with my sister. I also know more Hindi that you do since I have two hindi speeking daughters around me and an Indian Baby mama.

Why is telling you the truth of who is participating in the trafficking of Indians so annoying to you? Let me add to that.

Speaking with raw numbers, India has more slaves than all the nations of the world combined according to those who track these things. It is the cradle ( bad metaphor I know) of child labor. Speaking in terms of percentages, it has more poor people and illiterates than any other nation. Modi promises that public shitting will be a thing of the past but presently 600 million refuse to use or do not use toilets.

India has a long way to catch up so claims to pristine understanding as commented on here is completely on account of the white people.

10/9/151:54 PM