The news comes in the midst of another maid-abuse case from Madinah that has spurred protests in Jakarta. A police spokesman said the 54-year-old wife of the maid’s sponsor was transferred to the Prosecution and Investigation Commission.
Indonesian Ambassador Gatot Abdullah Mansyur told Arab News on Friday that Komalasari, “was allegedly tortured, killed and then dumped on the roadside by her Saudi employers on Nov. 11.”
CNN reported that Indonesian authorities in Jakarta said the body was found in a trash bin. BBC reported Indonesian Labor Minister Muhaimin Iskandar as saying the maid’s throat had been slashed along with lacerations on other parts of her body. After hearing the latest case, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono described the crime as “beyond inhumane” and pledged a full inquiry. 
The arrested couple in Abha have not been identified, but the ambassador said police are questioning the couple. A consular team was dispatched to Abha on Friday to find out more details.  The reports of the murder came as an Indonesian ministerial delegation is about to arrive in the Kingdom to follow up on claims of torture against 23-year-old Sumiati Binti Salan Mustapa from Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara, who is recovering in a hospital in Madinah from injuries she said were inflicted by the wife of her sponsor, including burns with an iron and deep cuts to her face and lips allegedly inflicted with scissors. The ambassador said police have questioned the wife regarding Sumiati’s allegations. Madinah Police have  confirmed that the wife was quizzed and turned over to prosecutors.
“Police took necessary steps when they received the report of a housemaid Salan, 23, from King Fahd Hospital more than two weeks ago, on Nov. 6. Police learned that the maid was brought to the hospital with injuries caused by torture, which she said — and we do not know whether she is telling the truth — was committed by the wife of her sponsor,” said Madinah Police spokesman Brig. Mohsen Al-Raddadi. “The case and the accused woman were handed to the Prosecution and Investigation Commission.”
Members of the Indonesian delegation have not yet been issued visas to come to Saudi Arabia, according to the ambassador. The delegation is likely to arrive within a few days after the Saudi Embassy in Jakarta re-opens after the Eid-break, he added. Chairman of the National Society for Human Rights Mufleh Al-Qahtani told Arab News that his organization is, “currently studying the issue.” “No human society is free from violence,” he added. “But when the truth comes out, the culprit is to be punished according to law. We do not approve of any kind of restriction of freedom.”