Sunday, July 18, 2010

Fry them (ok, hang them - it's Kuwait)

Couple admits killing Filipina maid

Victim crushed to death by car
Arab Times

KUWAIT CITY, July 17: Detectives belonging to Ahmadi CID have unraveled the murder mystery of a Filipino woman whose corpse was found near horse stables area in Kabad on Thursday.

Sources say the sleuths managed to identify the victim as a housemaid who worked for a Kuwaiti family. The family had returned the maid to a domestic workers’ office over three months ago.

Officers came to know that another Kuwaiti woman had hired the maid using a stolen ID card and fictitious phone numbers. The woman, who stays in Salwa, later confessed that she and her husband maltreated the maid on a daily basis. When they feared that the maid would die, they took her in their car to the stables area and crushed her under their vehicle to give an impression that she was run over by a motorist. The woman’s husband also corroborated her confession.

Earlier, when officers reached the address the woman gave at the domestic workers’ office, they found another woman who had no clue about the victim. They then discovered that the suspects stole the ID card of the woman to employ the victim. After a lot of effort, investigation men finally managed to reach the suspects and arrested them. Officers found out that the woman had earlier maltreated several other housemaids.

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I hope they don't just get away with a slap on the wrist - or several years in jail.  Hang them!!!! 

5 comments:

Expat and the City said...

I don't even know what to write. It's just so horrible. :( May she rest in peace in heaven and let her killers spend eternity in Hell. It seems like in Kuwait all you read about is the abuse of maids. In the US all you read about is the abuse of children. How do these people commit such violent crimes? I will never understand this.

angelo said...

i really feel for these underpaid, overworked, and abused domestic helpers. you would think people would treat these workers with dignity and respect. afterall, they do have to go to sleep with these folks in their house.

on another note...who ever callsthese guys "sleuths" anyway. thats just hilarious to me...

Q8Sultana said...

There are nasty people everywhere...

Nancy Drew was a sleuth...

angelo said...

so were the hardy boys....but i don't think any of them are currently in the employ of the state at this time...:)

Stani said...

Hmm, sometimes i wonder , why don't domestic workers be in their own damn country. Why come here and get abused ? Has anyone thought about that one ?

My country is running out of manpower. Everyone seems to be abroad. No one cares to work in their own country. Money's lost value in my country. Yup it's India !!! Come back and work in your own place, at least you'll be alive !!!