“The Madinah police have not detained the Saudi employer so far despite the fact that the complaint was lodged with the Faisaliah Police Station there on Nov. 10,” said Wahyudi.

Wahyudi told Arab News via phone from Madinah that the housemaid was undergoing intensive treatment, including surgery, to ensure restoration of her battered organs, lips, nose and limbs.

The housemaid was hospitalized at King Fahd Hospital in Madinah on Nov. 8 with burns, cuts to her face made with scissors and a fractured finger. “The case has made headlines in Indonesia after President Yudhoyono himself instructed the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to look into the matter seriously and send a diplomatic mission, including health officials, to Madinah,” said Wahyudi, who said police aren't likely to take action, if any, until after the Eid holiday.

“I want the law to be enforced. I want all-out diplomacy,” Yudhoyono was quoted as saying by the local media. Sumiati is from West Nusa Tenggara.

More than 80,000 Indonesian domestic workers come to Saudi Arabia every year. Currently, about one million Indonesian workers, three-fourth of them female, live and work in the Kingdom.