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A Saudi man murdered his Asian housemaid by hitting her by a heavy metal object on the head, the Saudi Arabic language daily Okaz said on Saturday.Police arrested the unidentified employer and his wife in the northwestern province just a few hours after the crime, the paper said.
“The man and his wife are under interrogation to determine the motive for the crime,” the paper said, quoting security sources.
It did not identify the maid but most of the housemaids in Saudi Arabia are from Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and India.
via Maid reported murdered in Saudi – Emirates24|7.
Background:
Saudi Arabia: the mistreatment of the foreign maids.
Sri Lanka: maid alleges nail torture while working in Kuwait.