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From: sunny <ambon@tele2.se>
Date: Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 5:36 AM
Subject: [dpr-indonesia] Riyadh housemaid discloses multiple-rape ordeal
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http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article200476.ece
Riyadh housemaid discloses multiple-rape ordeal
By *RODOLFO C. ESTIMO JR. | ARAB NEWS*
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*Published:* Nov 25, 2010 23:31 *Updated:* Nov 25, 2010 23:31
*RIYADH: A 27-year-old Filipino maid has complained that she was raped five
times by her employer. She arrived in June to work in the Kingdom.*
"My employer has raped me five times since the month of Ramadan. On
Thursdays when his wife left the house, he would come to my room at night
and force me to have sex with him," Joanna (not her real name) told Arab
News on Thursday.
She said that she had tried to resist but she was not strong enough to
prevent her employer from forcing himself upon her.
"After the first time, I thought of committing suicide, but the thought of
my family back home stopped me from doing it," she said, adding that her
relatives were the main reasons why she left the Philippines to work
overseas.
"I wanted to ensure that my children could go to school. That's the reason
why I left them. I thought that I could supplement my husband's earnings for
the children's education," she said.
The victim's husband and four young children, two boys and two girls, are in
Barangay Taguipo, Butuan City, in southern Philippines. She was staying with
her sister Barbara in Caloocan City before she left for Saudi Arabia.
"I could not bear anymore the thought of being sexually abused. I hope that
the embassy will do something about this," she said, adding that an embassy
official had called her Wednesday night and told her that he'd secure a
permit from the authorities so that they could enter her employer's house
and rescue her. However, she has not heard anything since.
"He said that an embassy team would rescue me," she added.
Arab News learned of Joanna's plight from a Filipino community leader on
Wednesday and he was urged to get in touch with the Philippine Embassy.
He was able to contact the embassy and an official told him that he'd
dispatch a team to find the place in Riyadh where Joanna's house was
located.
"That was the last time I was able to talk to the embassy official. I was
calling him today but he was not answering," the community leader told Arab
News.
"In the meantime, I have been calling another Filipina maid working nearby
to call Joanna and try to comfort her so that she forgets about committing
suicide."
Arab News called the embassy official in charge of police cases. He said
that an embassy team found out that Joanna's employer's house is inside a
compound that belongs to a member of the royal family.
"The police told us to secure a permit from the governor's office so that
the embassy team could enter the compound, but as it is the weekend we
cannot do anything now," the official said.
He added that he'd ask the Saudi recruitment agency that employed Joanna to
rescue her. "If it does not comply, we'll have it blacklisted in the
Philippines," he said
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