JEDDAH: The mother of a two-month old Saudi baby-girl kidnapped by an Indonesian maid denied the maid's claim that she was not paid her salaries and was treated badly by the Saudi family.
"The maid, whom I considered as my sister, has cheated me. I never expected she would run away with my little daughter. We kept her salary with us to protect her money from theft," Um Jouri said.
Um Jouri explained her feelings when she knew that her daughter, Maha, was missing. "I was looking for her everywhere, including in the fridge and under every bed like a mad woman," she told Arab News. "The 42 hours which I spent before finding the baby was unbearable."
The mother said the maid absconded with Maha when she had gone to visit a relative with her two daughters Jouri and Rima on Tuesday. Police informed the family on Thursday afternoon that they had found the baby.
