Another Sri Lankan maid tortured in Saudi

Another housemaid who claims to have been tortured by her employers in Saudi Arabia was operated on at the Karapitiya Hospital in Galle after returning to the island. Hospital authorities stated that a metal wire which was inserted in her body had been removed while another three nails were still lodged in her body.

The victim, a resident of Galle, told Police that her employer had inserted these nails and wires into her body after she had rejected his sexual advances.