Saud employer pours "boiling water" on Filipino woman

[Kushan Prince]

The 23-year-old woman was left with severe burns on her back and legs

A Filipino woman was left with severe burns after her Saudi Arabia employer allegedly poured boiling water on her.

The 23-year-old household service worker, from Pikit, North Cotabato, suffered burns to her back and legs after being doused with the scorching liquid in the incident in Riyadh on 4 May, ABS-CBN News reported.

Photos of Fatma, which is not her real name, were posted by her cousin on Facebook on Saturday in an appeal for help.

According to ABS-CBN News, the mother of Fatma’s employer became angry after Fatma was slow to bring her coffee and then poured boiling water on her.

Fatma was not taken to hospital for several hours, but when there she was able to contact relatives in the area by giving a phone number to one of the nurses.

She was saved by her cousin during a further trip to the hospital.

Fatma has now been taken under the wing of the Philippine Embassy.

A representative from the Department of Social Welfare and Development said they are providing her with medical treatment and other necessities.

According to a study by the Committee on Filipinos Overseas, 70 per cent of Filipino domestic workers in Saudi Arabia have reported physical and psychological abuse.

Tales of mistreatment are common - and not just among Filipinos.

Last year a young maid from Sri Lanka was beheaded in the country after being accused of killing her employer's four-month-old baby.

And Indonesia banned its nationals from working in Saudi Arabia when a maid was beheaded after confessing to killing her employer, claiming he abused her.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-employer-pours-boiling-water-on-filipino-woman-9397433.html

[Herat]

Man I cannot wait until the Physicists get those nuclear fusion plants working, one thing we know for sure is that the event will subvert the oil economies of these Saudis (oil economies are not sustainable) who will hopefully be forced back to the desert life in which they belong.

[DSM0305]

Man I cannot wait until the Physicists get those nuclear fusion plants working, one thing we know for sure is that the event will subvert the oil economies of these Saudis (oil economies are not sustainable) who will hopefully be forced back to the desert life in which they belong.

Don't bet on that. Today we have many alternative green energy, but the oil industry and the capitalistic system simply doesn't allow us to implant a self-sustaining energy source.

[Tamim]

The employer needs to learn that if another human being is serving them that they should be grateful. True the servant is being paid and has come on their own for employment, but that is no excuse not to be grateful to them.

They are thanked by means of salary, and perhaps given a place to live.
But, they should also be thanked verbally and treated kindly.

The employer needs to learn how to be patient. If the employer is not happy with their servant, then they should fire the servant and hire another one.

[Karachi]

With money, you must educate your population. Saudis have miserably failed in this. With all the money they could have done so much for the country. They could have easily become a world power. Yet instead they chose to indulge themselves in luxury