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'Executed' Maid Turns Up at Embassy


Karsih Binti Ocim Parni, a 33-year-old Indonesian woman, turned up at her country's embassy yesterday very much alive. This may have surprised some who read reports in the Indonesian press in January that Ocim Parni had been executed in Riyadh.


"The Indonesian Embassy, in fact, launched a hunt for the maid after the report of her execution first carried by the Antara news agency," said a spokesman for the Indonesian Embassy here yesterday. Ocim Parni and her employer Ali Muhamad Idris Al-Siri met embassy officials yesterday to fact check the reports that said she had been executed.Embassy officials say that the relationship between the maid and her employer is normal.

"This worker from Pangaritan village in the Karawang District of Indonesia is alive, healthy and happy," said the embassy spokesman, pointing out that the woman does not desire to return to Indonesia and wants to continue her employment in the Kingdom.The source of the false report is unknown.In an unrelated case, a 35-year-old Indonesian maid by the name of Yanti Irianti was executed on Jan. 11 in Asir after being found guilty of murdering her sponsor to steal her jewelry. In another case, the Indian Embassy reported yesterday that a 40-year-old Indian maid by the name of Naseema Beewi has gone missing and is feared dead.An anonymous caller reportedly informed the family of the woman, who is from Kerala, that she had passed away. Another phone call said the maid was in jail in Riyadh

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