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Indictment: Saudi Pair in Colo. Kept Slave
SF Chronicle/AP ^ | 6/10/05 | MELISSA TRUJILLO, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 06/10/2005 4:16:01 PM PDT by TFFKAMM

(06-10) 15:09 PDT Aurora, Colo. (AP) --

A Saudi Arabian couple was in custody Friday, accused of turning a young Indonesian woman into a virtual slave, forcing her to clean, cook and care for their children while she was threatened and sexually assaulted.

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted Homaidan Al-Turki, 36, and his wife, Sarah Khonaizan, 35, on charges of forced labor, document servitude and harboring an illegal immigrant.

Al-Turki also faces state charges including kidnapping, false imprisonment and extortion, as well as 12 charges of sexual assault. His wife faces some of the same charges. The two could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted.

Phone messages left Friday for their individual lawyers were not immediately returned.

U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Jeff Dorschner said the Indonesian woman, who is in her 20s, came to the United States with the couple legally to perform domestic chores. But her U.S. visa was hidden from her by Al-Turki and Khonaizan, according to Thursday's indictment.

The woman was controlled by "a climate of fear and intimidation" that included sexual abuse and the belief that she would "suffer serious harm" if she did not perform her tasks, the indictment said.

The woman is believed to have lived with the couple from 2000 until November 2004, according to authorities. Dorschner said she is not in custody.

Authorities said the couple owed the woman nearly $93,000 in unpaid wages.

A neighbor, Vicki Lisman, said she believed the couple has four children — three young girls and a teenage boy. In the summer, the mother and children would go to Saudi Arabia while the father stayed in Colorado, she said. Lisman said she had no idea another woman lived with the family...

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: celebratediversity; colorado; crime; immigrants; immigration; islam; saudi; saudiaurora; slavery; trop
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1 posted on 06/10/2005 4:16:01 PM PDT by TFFKAMM
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To: TFFKAMM; Grampa Dave

Geez....damn foreigners bring their bad habits over here!


2 posted on 06/10/2005 4:18:09 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: TFFKAMM

What a terrible story. I'm glad these people got caught. I hope the young woman can collect a BIG law suit settlement.


3 posted on 06/10/2005 4:18:50 PM PDT by 68skylark
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To: TFFKAMM

Hey, it is what they do at home( Saudi). Bet they are counting on the general trend of bending over back in order to keep from OFFENDING their BS customs.


4 posted on 06/10/2005 4:22:24 PM PDT by Ramonan (Honor does not go out of style.)
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To: 68skylark

This poor woman has already been damaged so much. Just heartbreaking. Not much has really changed on this earth....with all our modernness..the heart of man remains the same.


5 posted on 06/10/2005 4:22:43 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Everything I need to know about Islam I learned on 9-11!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

"Family values don't stop at the border." (/naivety)


6 posted on 06/10/2005 4:24:24 PM PDT by monkeywrench (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark)
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To: 68skylark
I'm glad these people got caught. I hope the young woman can collect a BIG law suit settlement

I think the slave should get everything they own, and they should spend the rest of their lives in prison.
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7 posted on 06/10/2005 4:25:00 PM PDT by mugs99
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To: TFFKAMM

Sadly, a very common practice in some parts of the world.

I guess the neighbors never saw her because she was kept in the house all the time. What a way to live!

Throw the book at them and send them back home.


8 posted on 06/10/2005 4:25:03 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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9 posted on 06/10/2005 4:25:32 PM PDT by Alouette (The only thing learned from history is that nobody ever learns from history.)
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To: TFFKAMM; jan in Colorado; USF; AmericanArchConservative

"A Saudi Arabian couple was in custody Friday, accused of turning a young Indonesian woman into a virtual slave, forcing her to clean, cook and care for their children while she was threatened and sexually assaulted."

Guess where?


10 posted on 06/10/2005 4:25:54 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Understand Islam. Understand Evil. Read THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD link My Page.)
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To: TFFKAMM

Watch for the husband, wife, and children to be slipped on an airplane for Saudi Arabia.

There was a similiar incident in Ft. Myers a few years back, only I believe that this guy was a rapist. He was allowed to "disappear".


11 posted on 06/10/2005 4:33:09 PM PDT by sport
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To: Fred Nerks

There are many degrees of this situation going on in the US right now. It is possible to get your maid a visa and even some US State Dept people have maids imported that way.
Many are bound by their own family or as soul supported of a family at home cannot afford to complain.
The illegals are in worse shape.
All part of our intentionally broken immigration system..


12 posted on 06/10/2005 4:34:46 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: TFFKAMM

I think punishment for keeping a slave ought to be very severe. 10x damages for back wages. Life in prison for both. Then start the rape trial.


13 posted on 06/10/2005 4:37:43 PM PDT by Dinsdale
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To: TFFKAMM

Was that Prince Ham'n egg Ali Turkey? It sure seems like Hamn'egg thought he was a prince.


14 posted on 06/10/2005 4:39:10 PM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: Fred Nerks
Guess where?

Beautiful, downtown Denver!

ol' hoghead

15 posted on 06/10/2005 4:41:30 PM PDT by ol' hoghead (never, ever go to "FREECREDITREPORT.COM. Trust me on this.)
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To: TFFKAMM

NO BAIL!!!
Scumbags like this always flee to Saudi Arabia to avoid punishment for their actions.


16 posted on 06/10/2005 5:24:41 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: TFFKAMM

How dare we narrow minded Americans criticize another culture.


17 posted on 06/10/2005 5:26:46 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland
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To: TFFKAMM
Saudi Arabia didn't outlaw slavery until 1962, and then only because of diplomatic pressure from the United States and Europe. But the practice went on for many years after that, and seems to be still going on.
18 posted on 06/10/2005 5:30:41 PM PDT by stripes1776
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To: TFFKAMM
I thought we had to celebrate diversity and multiculturalism - after all - it makes us stronger and better...
19 posted on 06/10/2005 5:36:58 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Seriously, this is the epitome of multiculturalism.


20 posted on 06/10/2005 5:37:03 PM PDT by thoughtomator (The U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form of government)
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