sri_lion
01-09-2008, 02:54 PM
RIYADH, 9 January 2008 — On the eve of her departure to Sri Lanka, Anista Marie, the housemaid who was treated like a slave in a Saudi household for eight years, thanked Arab News for bringing her case into the public domain and helping to secure her freedom to return home.
“If it were not for the efforts of Arab News with which I first lodged my complaints, I would not have seen the light of day,” Marie, who is to leave the Kingdom today, told Arab News.
“I am thankful to all Sri Lankans who have contributed and helped me in my release from my decade-long misery. Now I am going home with jingling pockets because of the generosity of benefactors who have helped me without any reservation,” said Marie.
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), a Colombo-based government body, which looks after the interests of its overseas workers, provided Marie an air ticket.
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“If it were not for the efforts of Arab News with which I first lodged my complaints, I would not have seen the light of day,” Marie, who is to leave the Kingdom today, told Arab News.
“I am thankful to all Sri Lankans who have contributed and helped me in my release from my decade-long misery. Now I am going home with jingling pockets because of the generosity of benefactors who have helped me without any reservation,” said Marie.
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), a Colombo-based government body, which looks after the interests of its overseas workers, provided Marie an air ticket.
Read More >> (http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=105459&d=9&m=1&y=2008)