Saudi To Be Rapped For Maid Torture
By Ranee Mohamed in Kamburupitiya
Kamburupitiya police recording a statement from the family
With the surgical removal of over 23 approximately 2 inch-sized nails from the body of newly returned housemaid from Saudi Arabia Lahanda Purage Ariyawathie Friday, investigations began here in Kamburupitiya with the OICKamburupitiya I.P. Abeysekera and his team of officers making the initial investigations.
As her helpless husband and children gathered around the police to give the details of her departure and her state during arrival, they admitted that were engaged in occupations involving hard labour and were unable to initiate any action in search of justice for Ariyawathie who underwent an overtwo hour surgery for removal of the force driven nails Friday.
However, Nimal Ranawake, Counsellor Employment and Welfare in the Sri Lankan Embassy, speaking to The Sunday Leader from Saudi Arabia said that the embassy is doing all they can for Ariyawathie.
“The Ramazan holidays have delayed the gathering of reports. But today, Saturday the Ambassador and I hope to inform the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and all other related bodies of the details ofAriywathie’s case,’ he said
Ranawake went on to say that the Saudi ArabianEmployment Agency which was involved in the recruitment of Ariyawathie has also been informed and the Sri Lankan Embassy in Saudi Arabia has requested the name, place and all details of the sponsor of Ariyawathie.
It is learnt that the Saudi Arabian media which has given publicity to the media is alert about the follow up of the shocking case of Ariyawathie.
When The Sunday Leader contacted Foreign Employment Bureau Chairman Kingsley Ranawake to ask what action the Bureau has taken in this case, Ranawake said that they will leave not take this case lightly. “How can one expect or believe that such acts happen in this modern world. We have to raise a voice, we have to stop this kind of torture,” saidRanawake.
“The Foreign Employment Bureau has obtained Arabic translations of all newspaper articles which have been published during the past few days. We have also obtained clippings of news reports in the private channels and have dubbed them in Arabic using male and female voices. We will hand over all these reports and documents to the Ambassador for Saudi Arabia in Sri Lanka. Additionally, the police unit of the Foreign Employment Bureau has obtained a statement from Ariyawathie and the doctor and we are waiting for the medical report as this has to be done comprehensively.
We will send these documents to our Foreign Ministry which will present them to Saudi Arabian authorities through diplomatic channels,” said Chairman Kingsley Ranawake.
Kingsley Ranawake went on to say that the Association for Foreign Employment Agencies have launched a protest to spur the Saudi authorities to take action to ensure that such acts of cruelty are not repeated.
“We will do all we can, we cannot allow the reoccurrence of such acts. If we take firm action now and raise a voice then we will ensure justice for all housemaids,” said ChairmanRanawake.
The Sunday Leader learns that the Foreign Employment Bureau has also handed over the details of the case of Ariyawathie to the Attorney General of Sri Lanka and is awaiting his advise.
Meanwhile, Actor/Film/Director/Singer and Member of Parliament Ranjan Ramanayake who has always fought for the rights of the Sri Lankan housemaid said Saturday that there is nothing abnormal about Ariywathie’s case.
“The only fact that shocks me is that she came back. There are hundreds of housemaids who undergo unbearable torture but they don’t come back home to tell the tale. There are cases of them being kept imprisoned inside drainage pits, of having their body organs forcefully removed after being made to fingerprint documents in a different language,” saidRamanayake.
“This is nothing new to me. We must be happy that Ariyawathie came back home. I have seen bodies of housemaids brought to Sri Lankan, but nothing could be done because the bodies had not been kept inside a freezer.
Hence the degeneration has caused all the evidence too to degenerate,” said Ramanayake, who created a sensation by disguising himself as an official of the Red Cross to enter thesafehouses where over 500 housemaids remained imprisoned in Lebanon in 2000.
thesec muslim vultures must feed with swine blood.
Just because of one individual you blaming the entire muslims. Anuruddha ratwatte killed 10 muslim youths. Did any muslim blame the entire sinhala nation? Prabakaran killed muslims while worshiping in a mosque. Any single muslim blamed the whole Tamils? George Bush killed tens of 1000 of Muslims, did the muslims put the blame on the christians? One idiot did something nasty and you here spreading hatred. Be a human being first then you may practice whatever the religion you belongs to. If you are a swine then no point in replying to you.
what peace and good is in Islam religion of piece! There’s no room for human rights in it. Islam is a religion of warfare.
They have done nothing good to humanity. They have contributed nothing to the advancement of modern science but they enjoy its advancements. Only they know war and bloodshed, hate, chaos, terrorism, polygamy, and the list can go on. They cannot accept the civilization but hate it because it is against Islam.
If you want to know how Muslims treat the poor third world people including poor Muslims from countries such as SL, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia etc, you need to talk to any one who has gone and worked in a country where they consider they have their most holiest city, the Saudi Arabia.
Please listen to ‘Dr. wafa Sultan’s original speech’ on Goolge search as how she views her religion.
I think it is best you go under the little stone you came from… shows what a low life you are…
The comments in this column shows how far non-Muslims hate Islam and Muslims. It is not because they love Ariyawathie but just due to jealousy over the growth and wealth of Muslims. It is a serious problem the Muslims have to think about. Today, the lead stories of SL tell about a rapist of 10yr old, a serial killer and Mervin. Nobody linked the ofenders to their religion.
When the accused is a Muslim only, the non-Muslims start to bark headlessly against Islam. They have created an image that Islam has failed to impose humanity amongst the Muslims. It may be correct to a certain extent as far as the non payment of Zakat by many Muslims and disrespect to the lives of innocents by Islamic militants are considered. But those two mistakes are not confined to the Muslims only because many non-Muslims too do not help poors and also mass kill people.
So the Muslims have the only choice of ignoring these uncivilized remarks because the partial minds of non-Muslims shall never going to allow them to think and act rationally.
There are too many good things about Islam and Muslims. Why not try Dr. Zakir Naik instead of Dr. Wafa Sultan?
Muslim and civilisation dont go hand in hand.In fact its the opposite.In those countries it is clear that non-muslims are treated differently as some sort of animals. And our stupid people here in Sri Lanka send their women as sex slaves of Arabs knowing the outcome! It is none other than slavery wrapped in beautiful words called “Foreign Employment” which is promoted by politicos in order to rob the money they send.
We know its the muslims who always get the upper hand disputes or law related issues. Its always the non-muslim who is get punished no matter hes guilty or not! And its the Muslim who always innocent.Such is the way their system.Aiyawathis case is the best example! Only Europians and Americans can get a fair judgement since they provide all the security to their secular states. Luckily Ariyawathie came alive to tell the horrific story.Many are not so lucky!
Not only in Arab we can see that here in Sri Lanka how those muslims treat other religions.Forcefully occupy land belongs to Buddhist temples in the East and even gone to the extent of Buldozing them while our “Mahanayakas” and others sleep like nothing happened. All the while doing business(mostly illegal) within the Sinhala community and making profit!
These bastards pray four times a day and this is what they do after going to the mosque.Alla alla or my mighty god where are you
But according to other sources, the Saudi Embassy disputes what Ariyawathi says on the basis that these nails inside her body should have been detected in the airport screening. That aspect must be looked into, musn’t it?
Our short memoried emotional pandits have forgotten Ariyawathie and have moved to the presidential terms.
Here is the Saudi govt release : – ( gulf news)
Riyadh: A Saudi official has denied a Sri Lankan maid’s allegations that the couple she worked for in the Gulf kingdom hammered nails and needles into her body.
Doctors in Sri Lanka have said they removed 13 nails and five needles from L.G. Ariyawathi after she returned from Saudi Arabia last month. The items had been driven into Ariyawathi’s legs and forehead.
But Sa’ad Al Badah, the head of a Saudi government department responsible for foreign workers, told state television Tuesday night that Ariyawathi’s allegations are baseless and amount to blackmail.
The 49-year-old Ariyawathi has said the family she worked for in Saudi Arabia punished her by heating the nails and needles before sticking them into her. She worked in the kingdom for five months.
Mnay are tortured. Why do they do that. This is not a war. This is a person who come to cook and clean. why they torture.
many thousands are tortured.
here look
http://www.topix.com/world/sri-lanka
Because their religion is a torture on women and themselves.So they torture others to get revenge! Those brainless PIGs