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Indonesian Maid Breaks Her Back to Escape Abusive Employer
Jakarta Globe | December 14, 2010

Indonesian maid Juju Nurhayati jumped off from the second floor of her employer Indonesian maid Juju Nurhayati jumped off from the second floor of her employer's apartment to escape from alleged abuse. (Photo courtesy of Metro TV)
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gemala.ch
12:41am Jan 5, 2011

Some people who work in Gov't agency just as stupid as sh**, they don't give a damn on how bad these women were being abused, all they care is how much money they can put in their pocket while their job last! But nobody will do any pressure on Indonesian government on this issue because there's no financial benefit.

BilboBaggins
8:40pm Dec 15, 2010

“They should be taught to scream as loud as they can, for a start. If they keep silent about the abusive treatment, how can we help them?"

Excellent idea Didi, I'm sure you would hear them from the embassy.

Problem is the employer might just punch them in the face to shut them up.

Dare I say a more scientific approach should be used and maybe if the embassy maintained regular contact with Indonesian citizens living in the middle east then it would detect this type of problem and in fqact even deter it.

But no, in true Indonesian fashion lay the responsibility on the victims.

Valkyrie
6:24pm Dec 14, 2010

goldfuse: Very good point indeed! Somehow it makes sense seeing what's transpiring in that country.

Now, I await with utmost eagerness for the FPI and the likes to riot in front of the Saudi Embassy. You believe that will take place? Hmmmmmmmmm?

goldfuse
5:47pm Dec 14, 2010

IMHO, treatment of household help, or other people deemed lower than the Arabs are how Arabs have been treating slaves since the inception of Islam.

Saudi Arabia banned slavery only in 1968, I believe, after much pressure from the west. Of course it would take a long time for that kind of attitude, ie. how to treat slaves, to disappear from a population. It's probably going to take longer in a closed society like Saudi Arabia, where there is no freedom of the press.

Just google slavery and you will see it is still a way of life in some Muslim countries.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/slavery1.html

Duck
5:30pm Dec 14, 2010

These girls should never have gotten a job at the home of a potential abusive employer. We need strict rules, regulation and supervision now for these people working in foreign countries.


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Jakarta. An Indonesian maid jumped from the second floor of her employer's house in Medina, Saudi Arabia last Saturday in a bid to escape from alleged abusive conditions.

It was the second such incident in less than two weeks after an Indonesian maid in Jeddah died after falling off from the third floor of an apartment building in a similar attempt.

Juju Nurhayati suffered from a broken spine and ankles from the fall and is currently hospitalized at King Fahd's hospital, Didi Wahyudi, an Indonesian Consulate official involved in providing protection for citizens in Saudi Arabia, told The Jakarta Globe.

Juju came to Saudi Arabia seven months ago and worked with the family of Bahur Harja.

“She said she was abused by her employer so she tried to escape by jumping from the building,” Didi said. Juju was rescued by a neighbor who took her to the hospital.

Didi said Indonesian migrant workers should be taught to stand up for themselves if their employers abused her.

“They should be taught to scream as loud as they can, for a start. If they keep silent about the abusive treatment, how can we help them?” Didi said.

On Dec. 3, local newspaper The Saudi Gazette reported that an Indonesian maid fell to her death from the window of a third-floor apartment in Jeddah.

The police said she had attempted to escape using a rope of knotted clothes.

However, according to Didi the victim's identity has still not been verified.

“There's still confusion about her identity, and her nationality is not certain,” he said.

The maid's body is currently at the Forensic Medicine Administration to determine whether there are injuries other than those caused by the fall.

If the forensic examination concludes that no foul play was involved, the hospital will send a letter to the victim's consulate to begin funeral proceedings.