Maid not paid by employer for 15 years

A Sri Lankan housemaid in Saudi Arabia had thought she would return home with a fortune when she told her employer to pay her only when she decides to leave the Gulf Kingdom. When it was time for the return after 15 years, she realized her grave mistake as her employer simply vanished.

Just before Kosoma Tandani was about to leave, her Saudi employer took her to the government-run Housemaid Service Centre in Riyadh and dumped her there.

He then disappeared, triggering a police manhunt for him.

Prompted by her deteriorating health and psychological condition, the Centre decided to pay the maid SR75,000 (Dh74,000) and send her back home.

“The Centre asked police to claim back the amount from the sponsor when he is located,” the Arabic language daily Alriyadh said.

Man pays dearly for touching woman’s hand

An Indian tailor in Saudi Arabia finally summed up his courage and touched the hand of an Arab female customer who he likes. The man now needs to sum up more courage as he faces seven months in jail and 160 lashes.

The woman was enquiring about her dress at the tailoring workshop in the western Red Sea port of Jeddah when the Indian man came to her.

She told police that he touched her hand and invited her to his house, adding that he also offered her money and said he wanted to marry her.

The unnamed worker had first denied the woman’s claims, saying she reported him because she was angry about the delay in finishing her dress.

He told investigators that he had always considered her as a sister and that she reciprocated that feeling. But he later confessed to having touched her hand and that he made a mistake and feels sorry.

“The court sentenced him to seven months in prison and 160 lashes over four sessions including 40 lashes every week….he was also made to write a statement admitting his mistakes and pledging to follow the right way and stay away from any bad behavior,” Okaz Arabic language daily said.

The paper said the court gave him a reduced sentence and decided not to deport him given his clean police record.

7 years for stealing Dh2.4m

A criminal court in Dubai sentenced two men to seven years in prison and ordered their deportation from the UAE for stealing Dh2.4 million.

The two had been convicted of forging the signature of a company owner and withdrawing the funds from the company’s bank account.

The owner of the company, identified as ALA, said one businessman and a credit manager at the bank stole the money by using his signature they had copied from his computer and sending it to the bank by fax.

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