Lankan embassy in Kuwait successful in gaining compensation for housemaid

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A Sri Lankan housemaid, after a lengthy legal battle has been awarded a compensation payment of Rs 6.8 million from her employer in Kuwait and returned to the country today, officials said.

The 32 year old woman had been raped several times by the employer’s son and thereafter been forced to undergo an abortion.

The employer, a public sector employee had placed the woman on an wheelchair and brought to the airport to be sent back to Sri Lanka in March this year. However, Airport authorities said her condition was not good to travel and referred her to the Sri Lankan embassy in Kuwait.

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador in Kuwait, Kandeepan Subramaniam had followed up legal action and after five months had been able to obtain compensation payment for the woman. The compensation amounted to Kuwati Dinars 6,500 (Rs 6.8 million).

The woman, during the period had been hospitalized and taken care by the embassy.

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