Maid lies about being raped by 9-year-old

Maid lies about being raped by 9-year-old

An Indonesian housemaid in Saudi Arabia went to her countrys consulate in the Gulf kingdom and asked to be taken home after her Saudi employers children raped her, a newspaper said Saturday.

The consulate, through the domestic workers recruitment office in the western town of Taif, summoned the employer and face him with the maids charges, the online Taif Arabic language daily said.

But he told them that his eldest son is only nine years old, the paper said. When she was pressed by the consulate about such charges, she confessed that she lied because she just wanted to go home before her contract expiresthe consulate apologised to the employer, who allowed the maid to leave.

Source: Emirates 247

Published Feb 20 2011