Airline Refuses to Fly Battered Maid - Saudi Arabia/Violence/Indonesia
Hassna’a Mokhtar; 7/4/08
Garuda Indonesia refused to allow an Indonesian woman to travel from Riyadh last Thursday. The airline agent noticed severe bruises and lacerations on her face and she was handed to a representative of the Indonesian Embassy who was at the airport. “When the Garuda Indonesia agent noticed the battered woman, he refused to let her board the flight,” said Nasser Al-Dandani, legal adviser to the Indonesian Embassy. “After she arrived at the Indonesian Embassy, she was sent to a hospital for medical examination and treatment.” According to Al-Dandani, the woman, who was legally sponsored by a Saudi, had worked as a maid for a Lebanese family in Riyadh for the past year and half. The reason she was working for a Lebanese family instead of her Saudi sponsor remains unknown.
