Monday, July 31, 2006

More scandal and crime capers

Maid gets pregnant: A Kuwaiti man reported to Taima police that his maid got pregnant following a relationship with an Indian expatriate working in a grocery shop. Police filed a case and referred the maid and the expat to the authorities.

Press best police: A source revealed that four policemen were chasing a wanted man on foot, when the man passed in front of the house of a Kuwaiti journalist. The journalist then joined the chase as the police seemed tired. The journalist eventually caught the man and detained him until the police caught up and arrested the man.

Insult to injury: A female employee at the Ministry of Information reported to Shuwaikh police that a colleague insulted her after a dispute over a procedural matter with a member of the public. A case was filed.

Corrupt cops handle rape case: After reports surfaced that Hawally police had beaten a Bahraini rape victim in an effort to force her to change her statement, attorneys intervened to stop such treatment. The victim says the three detectives beat her in front of witnesses... The detectives also threatened to frame the victim and send her to jail for 15 years for possession of drugs.

Lady sponsor bites, beats her maids as punishment: Elsa's face and Normina's arm were still seriously bleeding when they arrived at the Philippine Embassy on Saturday afternoon. Now the embassy is supporting the women's claim that their employer bit them as punishment for leaving the main gate open. Upon finding the gate open, the woman in charge of the maids called them to her room one by one to bite and beat them. Normina resisted her sponsor and in the struggle the sponsor chomped her arm several times before twisting it behind her back and breaking it. The sponsor then broke a wooden chair over Normina. When contacted by the embassy to get the employer's side of the story, the embassy interpreter said, "The employer has already filed a case against Else and Normina for illegally allowing their boyfriends to visit their residence." The two maids rejected their sponsor's claim. "The house is surrounded with cameras. If anybody enters the house they will see them. They have cameras everywhere, even in our rooms. How could we allow our boyfriends to enter the house", explained Elsa.

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