"I condemned the action as inhuman and immoral," the head of the National Agency for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Workers (BNP2TKI), Moh Jumhur Hidayat, said here on Saturday in response to reports on the death of the maid inside the toilet of her employer, Hamud Mhd Barkah Al Utaibi, on Wednesday (March 30).
Aan Darwati binti Udin Encup from Majalengka, West Java, born on May 9, 1974, was sent by PT Youmba Biba Abadi to work in Saudi Arabia.
The holder of passport numbered AN 978909 arrived in Jidda on June 6, 2010 and received by Saudi agency Badawood Recruitment Office which later sent Aan to work at Hamud as a housemaid.
The case was also reported by Saudi media on Thursday. Jumhur said he had checked it with the Indonesian Consul General in Jidda, Zakaria Anshar who confirmed it.
When found her body was full of bumps caused by blows with blunt objects.
Police in Al Manshor, Mecca, had interrogated Hamud and his wife in connection with the case.
"I asked the Saudi police to investigate the case thoroughly and justice for her by sentencing the perpetrators to death," Jumhur said.
He said he would immediately send a protest to the Saudi government over the incident.
He said the case was very concerning as it happened in a holy city of Mecca. He said Aan`s body was now still being kept at King Faisal Hospital.(*)
(H-YH/H-NG)
Editor: Ruslan Burhani
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