Maid Murdered by Employer’s Wife

JIZAN, 22 March 2007 — A maid died in a hospital in Jizan after being brought there by her sponsor, whose wife had assaulted her. The man’s wife, who is a teacher, had been continuously torturing the maid by beating her, locking her up and burning her. The maid fell critically ill and died when her sponsor brought her to hospital. Police arrested the couple. The wife admitted committing the assaults and claimed that the maid had not been doing her job properly for the past few months.