Cyber storm over video of maid-molesting hubby posted by Saudi wife

Jeddah, Oct 7: Tweeters on social media sites circulated a video clip showing a man, most probably a citizen, harassing his housemaid.

Users and followers of the tweets think his wife posted the video to publicize the shameful behavior of her husband as an act of revenge. The video sparked widespread condemnations against the wife.

The incident reveals one more incident of harassment of maids in the Kingdom.

Comments posted varied between rejection and acceptance of the action taken by the wife as meant by the hashtag: A Saudi woman exposes her traitor husband yields top tweets and follow-up on the social media website, Twitter. Many tweeters stressed the importance of keeping martial disputes within the house or seek the help of competent agencies to avoid defamation.

Female tweeters, on the other hand, approved the action taken by the wife, justifying it as the ultimate solution for those who play with marital life by harassing housemaids.

Others accused the housemaid and said the man would not have dared to harass her unless she consented. She could have come out clean if she had drawn the wife’s attention to the husband’s misbehavior.

Many tweeters sought the video circulation be stopped as it amounts to infringement of privacy of the citizen.

Others posted a number of fatwas issued by preachers and members of the Council of Senior Scholars criminalizing the actions of both the wife and her husband.

Khalid Abu Rashid, a legal expert, warned the public against circulating the video as they could face penal action.

Abdulsalam Al-Suqaabi, a family consultant, said: “Our community culture should at any rate be not involved in publishing scandals. To err is human.”

Weaam Al-Medaifie, a female family consultant, said: “In such cases, they both should resolve the issues themselves.”