RI maid faces stoning

RI maid faces stoning

DUBAI (AFP): An Islamic tribunal in the United Arab Emirates has ordered a pregnant Indonesian maid to be stoned to death for adultery, a newspaper reported on Monday.

The same court in the Indian Ocean emirate of Fujairah acquitted her Muslim Indian lover in absentia, Al-Khaleej daily said. The man has reportedly fled the country.

But Karteen Karikender, 35, received the maximum sentence from the Shariah court on Sunday. She was arrested after the police were informed she was pregnant out of wedlock.

In Abu Dhabi, the Indonesian embassy said it had not been informed of the case. "If the verdict is not final, we are going to appeal and hire legal aid to assist her in the court," a spokesman said.