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Crimes committed by domestic maids out of revenge are becoming a cause of concern for local authorities.
According to police records, maids who come from different cultural backgrounds commit various crimes including theft, assault and other unpalatable activities as revenge for the ill-treatment meted out to them by the employer.
Colonel Ali Saif Al Nadas, Director of Community Police at the Sharjah Police Department said most often, parents trust maids completely and entrust their little children to them.
A recent case in which an Indonesian maid allegedly tortured a nine-month-old baby girl by beating her continuously in the absence of her parents only shows how much the parents trusted the maid to leave their little child with her.
Recent crimes The Khorfakkan Police referred an Asian maid to the public prosecution after she was found guilty of adding a chemical substance in the feeding bottle of the infant of the family for whom she works. A 27-year-old Indonesian house maid was arrested by the Sharjah Police for killing her baby born out of wedlock in Sharjah on Saturday. The Ajman Police arrested an African maid for allegedly stealing jewellery worth Dh250,000 from the house of a family that employed her though she was not under their sponsorship. She told the police that she stole the money because she has been unpaid for months. |
From the court
Magistrate Dr. Ali Galadari of the Dubai Appeal Court said according to the court records, there are several cases of maids assaulting children. Sponsors should understand that according to the contract, maids are hired only to provide domestic help such as cooking, cleaning, laundry and other things. Unfortunately, sponsors depend on them to take care of their children, too. The maid should be treated as human beings and provided all rights, he added.
Parents must also train children to inform them about any harm caused to them by not only the maid but any stranger. Installing CCTV cameras is recommended for working parents to monitor their children to ensure safety.
Victims at the hands of maid
Overworked maids Maids of African and Asian nationalities told Khaleej Times that they were overworked, underpaid and denied the opportunity to visit their families. Some of them said they were physically abused, too. Raheel Debbab, an Ethiopian maid said she had run away from her sponsor because she was overworked and could only sleep four hours, She was not paid salary on time and was not given a day off to go shopping or to even send money to her family back home. "All this stressed me out and made me lose my temper," she said Aimy, a Filipina, had another story to narrate. "My madam is a very nice lady and she treats me well and buys me everything. I love her children and treat them as my own. But I escaped from there because madam's husband sexually harassed me several time and I couldn't tell madam, as I did not want to create a discord. I left their home and decided to work on a part-time basis." Zuhra Fatee, an Indonesian maid said she was beaten up, yelled at and locked up without food by her sponsor. So she hated the whole family, even the annoying children. |
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