Saudi Embassy in Sri Lanka doubts housemaid torture allegation

The Saudi Arabian Embassy in Sri Lanka says that the allegations leveled against the employer by the Sri Lankan housemaid over inserting iron nails to her body have many doubts.

The press officer of the Embassy issuing a press release said that the woman could not pass the security scanning machines at Riyadh and Colombo airports if she had nails in her body.
However, Colombo airport sources say that the passengers arriving via Colombo airport are not scanned normally.

The housemaid L.P. Ariyawathi claims she arrived in Sri Lanka on August 21. She admitted to Kamburupitiya hospital on August 22 and doctors have removed 13 nails and five needles from her body.
However, the hospital sources said that most of the outward injuries of the places the nails were inserted to the body had completely healed when the surgery was carried out.
A Ministry of Health psychiatrist has certified Ariyawathi is in good mental health.
Meanwhile the Chairman of the Saudi National Recruitment Committee said yesterday that the relevant housemaid had withdrawn the last salary and given a letter stating that she had no problem with the employer.