Indonesia recruitment crisis remains unresolved.

Summary: JEDDAH: Refuting a report that appeared in a local daily early this week, recruitment offices in Jeddah said the issue of visas for Indonesian maids is still resolved. Both the Saudi and Indonesian authorities stopped processing visas for Indonesian maids last August.

According to spokesman of the Ministry of Labor Hattab bin Saleh Al-Anzi, the Kingdom will no longer hire Indonesian domestic workers, citing strict requirements and unfair regulatory provisions imposed by the country. Indonesia prohibited its citizens from working as domestic servants in Saudi Arabia after the beheading of a maid convicted of murdering her Saudi employer. The ban started on Aug. 1 and …