“As ordered by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the ministerial delegation will visit Jeddah and proceed to Madinah to meet Sumiati at the hospital,” said an Indonesian diplomat on condition of anonymity, referring to the maid, 23-year-old Sumiati Binti Salan Mustapa.

Gumelar will hold talks with Saudi officials on the case, said the diplomat, adding that the maid has been recuperating since Nov. 8 from injuries, including burns and deep cuts to her lips and face allegedly inflicted with scissors.

Didi Wahyudi, a spokesman of the Jeddah-based Indonesian Consulate, could neither confirm nor deny if anyone has been detained or questioned regarding the maid's abuse.

Sumiati claims the wife of her sponsor tortured her. The names of the accused have not been made public, which is customary in Saudi Arabia.

Addressing a press conference in Jakarta, Saudi Ambassador to Indonesia Abdulrahman Al-Khayyat reiterated his country's commitment to protecting Indonesian migrant workers in the Kingdom.

He assured that legal action would be taken against any person or people found to be responsible for torturing workers.

Al-Khayyat said the Saudi authorities were currently investigating Sumiati's case. “The punishment could be in form of a jail sentence, a fine or others, depending on the scale of crime committed,” he said.

The Saudi ambassador also emphasized that torture cases like that of Sumiati were not common in the Kingdom.

About one million Indonesian workers, three-fourth of them female, live and work in the Kingdom. The Indonesian government is in the process of revising the legal instruments regarding the placement of Indonesian workers abroad.