Filipina rape victim in Saudi flies home
Nearly a month after she escaped her employer, a Filipino domestic helper in Saudi Arabia who accused her sponsor of raping her finally left for the Philippines.
The victim, who was not named in the report, thanked officials at the Philippine Consulate in Jeddah before she left Sunday, Arab News reported.
According to the report, the Filipina, who was separated from her husband with whom she has two children, had been working in Taif for eight months. She is from Cavite province.
Police rescued the victim on May 15 after she sought help from the Philippine Consulate coordinator in Al-Salamah district.
The Filipina reportedly first contacted Philippine authorities last January but could not tell them her whereabouts. She was then advised to escape, and when she did she called again from the Ministry of Education in Taif, a school in Al-Qumriyah.
The report also did not identify the suspect, but said he was working at a government hospital in the Kingdom. He reportedly was asked to pay the victim some SR5,000 (P62,180) and issue an exit visa for the victim's repatriation.
A Filipina tutor, meanwhile, reportedly ran away from her employers — a couple — after allegedly being slapped for her “good looks." She accused her sponsor’s wife of being jealous, and of maltreating the family’s three-year-old son.
According to the report, the tutor holds a bachelor’s degree in education from a university in the southern Philippines, and was tutoring the boy and his five other siblings. She is reportedly seeking employment with another Saudi family, and a transfer of sponsorship is being worked out, the report said. - Jerrie Abella/KBK,
The victim, who was not named in the report, thanked officials at the Philippine Consulate in Jeddah before she left Sunday, Arab News reported.
According to the report, the Filipina, who was separated from her husband with whom she has two children, had been working in Taif for eight months. She is from Cavite province.
Police rescued the victim on May 15 after she sought help from the Philippine Consulate coordinator in Al-Salamah district.
The Filipina reportedly first contacted Philippine authorities last January but could not tell them her whereabouts. She was then advised to escape, and when she did she called again from the Ministry of Education in Taif, a school in Al-Qumriyah.
The report also did not identify the suspect, but said he was working at a government hospital in the Kingdom. He reportedly was asked to pay the victim some SR5,000 (P62,180) and issue an exit visa for the victim's repatriation.
A Filipina tutor, meanwhile, reportedly ran away from her employers — a couple — after allegedly being slapped for her “good looks." She accused her sponsor’s wife of being jealous, and of maltreating the family’s three-year-old son.
According to the report, the tutor holds a bachelor’s degree in education from a university in the southern Philippines, and was tutoring the boy and his five other siblings. She is reportedly seeking employment with another Saudi family, and a transfer of sponsorship is being worked out, the report said. - Jerrie Abella/KBK,
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