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Article: SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI KING'S NIECE ACCUSED OF MISTREATING MAID IN US.(Princess Buniah al Saud)(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- January 24, 2002
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Orlando, Florida has long been a favorite destination for members of the Saudi Royal family, but now there is a bitter affair unfolding, which is threatening the harmony enjoyed there. Saudi Princess Buniah al Saud has been accused of hitting her Indonesian maid and pushing her down the stairs of her Orlando residence. The princess, who denies the charges, is the niece of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd. Her arrest may create an international incident and expose what some human rights activists argue are "ugly truths" about the treatment of foreign maids employed by Saudis. "Even though I'm a servant, I don't want to be hit," the maid, Ismiyati Soryono, told ABCNEWS. Princess ...