Ethiopian woman in Kuwait hangs herself

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 24:An Ethiopian housemaid committed suicide by hanging herself with a rope from the ceiling of her room inside the house of her sponsor in Taima.

Reportedly, when the Operations Room of Ministry of Interior received information about an Ethiopian housemaid hanging from the ceiling of her room in Taima, security men rushed to the location. They discovered that the housemaid had tied one end of the rope to the ceiling of her room and wrapped the other end around her neck.

The corpse was referred to the Forensics Department. A suicide case was registered and investigations are ongoing to determine the cause of the suicide.

Source : Arab Times Online

Maid found walking without clothes in Saudi

Saudi police arrested an Ethiopian housemaid for walking naked in a public place and said they believe she is mentally ill.

Internet users in the Gulf Kingdom, the largest base for Asian and African housemaids in the region, had circulated a YouTube film on social networks showing a woman talking off her gown and walking naked on a street in Riyadh at night.

Police said the woman shown in the film is an Ethiopian maid who was arrested after they received calls from residents in the area. They denied a report associated with the film that the maid could have been raped.

“The maid has been taken to a psychiatry hospital for treatment as she is not mentally normal…we have contacted her country’s embassy to follow up her treatment and arrange for her deportation from the Kingdom,” police spokesman Colonel Nassir al Qahtani said, quoted by Alsaudeh daily.

Source : emirates247