Saudi suspicious

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 18:55

The Saudi embassy issuing a communiqué said they have suspicions regarding the housemaid who had been inserted with 24 nails by her Saudi employer saying she cannot pass check points without being detected.

The statement said that there are many doubts regarding this allegation, saying the housemaid cannot pass security check points and sophisticated machines in the airports of Riyadh and Katunayake with the nails in her body.

It also said that the Saudi Ambassador is giving personal attention to this matter and is continuing communication with the officials of the Ministry of External Affairs in Sri Lanka.

L.T Ariywathie underwent a three hour surgery to get the nails removed last Friday and she is now recovering. (Daily Mirror online)

Comments

-20+148#Wasantha2010-08-31 19:15

First, Saudi Authorities should check the devices being installed. This is the first case that was reported and without checking they cannot comment. Best thing is enter 24 nails into the body of the respective employer and ask him to go through the check points. Such an act is not against the Saudi Arabian Law.

-23+11#raja2010-09-01 01:13

They have come-up with a valuable point ...

-1+24#raja2010-09-01 01:25

Why not ask Aariyawathi about this metal detector issue ... she knows better than anyone.

-66+76#chris abey2010-08-31 19:20

Good point.Worth thinking about that before jumping to conclusions.

-17+85#Kamiss2010-08-31 19:33

This shows what the Saudis are trying to do. Simply ignore the whole episode by saying the maid 'self inflicted' the nails. Medical results cannot tell a lie and will give the exact period the objects were inserted, obviously she could not have done it on her own. This may have to be taken up with international bodies to give redress to her.

-3+13#suwimal2010-09-01 11:19

Of course! A Samurdhi Officer had tied himself to a tree and attempted to put a good minister into difficulty. Similarly, this woman may have driven nails to her own body. What would you say to this argument if raised by Saudi embassy. Not to interfere in our affairs?

-6+51#Saradial2010-08-31 19:37

Will those machines detect even small nails? U turn? lets wait and see.

-11+86#alistaire2010-08-31 19:40

Metal detectors dont pick up these metallic objects which such a small signature. You need to have a certain square area of metal to trigger an alarm,

Such a lame excuse, but rightly to be expected from the saudis.

-60+45#adam2010-08-31 20:01

It looks like you have never gone outside Sri Lanka, ask some one who have gone through a metal detector if you dont know the use of it.

-2+7#unl2010-09-01 11:14

I don’t agree with you. In the garment factories they use metal detector. They even can detect a small pins.

-30+106#local boy2010-08-31 19:44

middle east - idiots paradise !!

-89+64#adam2010-08-31 19:59

Why Sri Lankan fools are queuing up to get employment in this idiots paradise?, The answer is simple
Sri Lanka - fools paradise !!

-30+110#manjula2010-08-31 20:06

for some reason, idiots in Saudi Arabia got oil which made them so rich. That's why Sri Lankan maids go there to do jobs for this rich idiots who got rich by doing nothing but selling these naturally occurred oil. If they don't have any oil, Saudi and whole arabia will still be like Afganisthan or a tribal area in Pakisthan. Idiots having power is a worst thing that can happen in this world.

-2+19#Pera2010-09-01 01:18

The poorest of the poor travel to Saudi Arabia to earn a buck in order to feed their families and not to get nailed!

-19+84#MJ2010-08-31 19:48

wait until their Oil runs out - they'll be back to being idiots with lots of sand in their sandals..

-24+74#adam2010-08-31 20:04

So then you can employ saudis as housemaids when Sri Lankan oil come to the market.

-34+21#Ananda Herath2010-08-31 21:29

Shut up !

-25+50#Josh2010-08-31 19:54

there is a point there too....

when i was traveling the pin of my diabetics checker was even detected. i wonder how more than 15 nails each around 2 inches or more didnt get detected!!!

-21+42#mike2010-08-31 21:18

your diabetics checker's pin was not inserted to your body right? it was outside, so the detector can detect.

-7+26#Ibnu Batuta2010-08-31 19:56

May be you right, but why don't you investigate before coming to conclusion.

-11+42#david2010-08-31 20:01

Ok we put the nails in that person and ask him to pass the detectors and to make sure.

-6+42#Ganepola2010-08-31 21:05

Usual practice is humans go through a manuel check once security system sounds Beep..
She probably went through this procedure and passed through the gates. No big deal.

-0+35#Podi Guru2010-08-31 21:12

Metal detectors working or not, by-passed or not, the question remains to be answered: the nails got into her body somehow and they were removed when she returned. Hurling insults at the people in Riyadh, though maybe deserved, also misses the point: Ariyawathie's case must be addressed directly

-9+31#alex2010-08-31 21:20

I think Saudi officials didn't care about these nails in detector as torturing maids is their habit

-2+46#Citizen2010-08-31 21:29

If Alarm goes on. Then there will be body checkup (palpation) by the security officers. That is the routine. I have gone through with my keys and continue flying after body checkup. Females clothing often contain metal appendages. It is an excuse to escape from crime.

-1+12#bernard2010-09-01 00:08

There are people with metal pins and plates permanently
attached to their bones who go through detectors and cause alarms to activate, which is normal. Of course the officials would check such passengers first and then let them on board. In this case, too, alarms would have activated, but without anything suspicious to stop her from boarding. Obviously, she was not going to say "I have nails inside." She would have been trying to get out of that miserable place as soon as possible and must have been mortally scared to tell the airport security about the nails, thinking that they might not allow her to leave. If the Saudi Embassy suspects her story, then the suggestion is that she must have inserted the nails herself, after she arrived in Sri Lanka - How absurd is this?

-0+12#Mendis2010-09-01 00:10

Those who travel frequently would have experienced what security staff at many airports do when the detector beeps. They would do a body check and if nothing is found and especially if the passenger is an elderly women, they would look at each other quite baffled and allow the passenger to go through, ignoring the alarm. I believe that the Ambassador must be aware of this fact, though he wants to jump in to a conclusion, to dismiss the allegation. Anyhow, he should surely knows how his people treat the maids from third world countries.

-1+11#Pera2010-09-01 00:34

The whole world is watching this story - won't be able cover-up with such a statement ...

-1+5#ami2010-09-01 01:24

When you possess small metal articles, the device does detect! But, when you go through a hand-frisk, which is the next step, security cannot detect any substance physically! This concludes the incident and you are allowed to pass through!

-4+8#Faqi2010-09-01 01:24

Yes, just blame the victim. If enough of doubt is created, then the people too will have doubts? Typical Saudi attitude. Maybe the alarm went off and she was bodily searched. A body-search would not have located the embedded nails. In any case the surgeons would know by the growth of scar-tissue how long the nails would have been in her body.

-3+12#Killer M2010-09-01 10:04

I have had metal plates and 7 screws on my broken ankle and travelled through airports including Heathrow where I was never detected to have impurities of metal in my body... This is so stupid.... Accept your faults Saudi...

-1+6#Harfi2010-09-01 10:52

A case of Saudi Government protecting its citizens. Shame on that government.

-1+6#RW2010-09-01 11:03

Hope Ms. Ariyawathie will not give an affidavit to say she inserted nails on her own as a part of a drama.

-6+2#Lakshman2010-09-01 11:07

I also have some doubt about this. to avoid it she must make a public statement through media to ascertain the truth of it.

-3+5#Minister2010-09-01 11:10

Naturally they will get that suspicion to their heads as a way to avoid accountability. How she passed the particular points undetected must be answered by the Saudis. She is not so mad as that Saudi lunatic to nail herself.

-2+6#kassa2010-09-01 11:12

Saudi can say anything for their salvation.But think, Nobody likes to be nailed purposely!!!!

-1+4#lankan2010-09-01 12:38

get back to work guys. seems like lankans are quite free lol

-0+0#King2010-09-01 14:43

Both parties should be heard. Then only the justice can be arrived. If the maid is firm on her stand she should get justice onher site.

-0+1#Wickrama2010-09-01 14:46

It is possible that te conniving Saudi Authorities would have taken this maid away from the metal detectors at the airport. Worth investigating.

-0+1#ASHRAFF NAZIM2010-09-01 14:48

BEFORE WE COMMENT WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TRUTH BUT IF FOUND GUILTY THE EMPLOYER SHOULD PAY COMPENSATION AND IT IS AN ACT OF INHUMAN.

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