News
Sri Lankan maid’s body still in morgue
The body of a young Sri Lankan woman who died while trying to save an Arab toddler from drowning at Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this month continues to remain in a morgue in that country as officials sort out bureaucratic procedures, a senior official with the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLFEB) said.
20-year-old Lakmali Priyankika, a resident from Katuwapitiya in Negombo died along with another young Somali woman when the pair attempted to save the toddler who had fallen into the deep end of a pool at a resort hotel in Fujairah.
The victim was just three months into her job when the incident took place. “Unlike in Sri Lanka the procedures in that country are very much different and complicated and so it takes time to clear the body from the mortuary and the victim’s home has been informed accordingly,” the SLFEB’s Foreign and Labour Relations Deputy Manager D. D. P. Senanayake said.
He added that the Sri Lankan Mission in the UAE has been instructed to seek the body of the victim at the earliest and officials at that end are attending to the matter with urgency. Meanwhile a sum of Rs. 250,000 was handed over to the victim’s immediate family on humanitarian grounds and this will be followed up with another cash handout of Rs. 450,000 as part of the insurance payment that she is entitled to, Mr. Senanayake added.
The Arab toddler was initially saved by the two maids but died two weeks later in intensive care after suffering serious brain damage. The child’s mother had left the toddler in the care of the two maids while she prepared sandwiches at a nearby enclosure.
According to reports the pool at that time was not supervised by a life guard.
Follow @timesonlinelk
Related Posts:
Crooked brokers, agents make millions while country’s image suffersA major racket involving Sri Lankan housemaids, brokers, and errant Arab recruiting agents is threatening the image of the foreign ...
Govt. could help Lankan jailed in Saudi once charges are framed: SLFEBGovernment would consider legal assistance to Sri Lankan migrant employee G.G. Thungasiri once charges are framed against him, a Sri ...
Authorised medical centre unilaterally ups fees for West Asia bound workersA private medical association has opted to defy an order from the authorities and continues to fleece millions of rupees ...
Jordan bans SL housemaids over levy of US$ 1,000 non-refundable depositSome 10,000 Sri Lankan female domestic workers will lose out on employment in Jordan, while the country stands to lose ...
Hi-tech measures to stop job swindles in the Middle EastSri Lankans seeking jobs in the Middle East will now face electronic fingerprinting and biometric scanning prior to departure to ...