Woman held as slave, feds say
Aurora couple facing charges
By Alicia Caldwell
Denver Post Staff Writer
Aurora - An Aurora couple were indicted Thursday, accused of enslaving an Indonesian woman in their home for four years, forcing her to cook and clean without pay.
The husband also is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting the woman, records show.
Saudi couple charged with enslaving Indonesian
By Karen Abbott, Rocky Mountain News
June 10, 2005
A Saudi Arabian couple is charged in federal court with keeping an Indonesian woman in her early 20s as a virtual slave in their Aurora home for four years while the husband regularly raped her.
A federal grand jury in Denver returned an indictment Thursday against Homaidan Al-Turki, 36, and his wife, Sarah Khonaizan, 35. Both were living legally in the United States and are now in custody.
This happened in Aurora, a large suburb east of Denver.
The Rocky indicates the captors ran a translation service: "The federal government also is seeking to seize the couple's assets, including bank accounts in the name of Al-Basheer Publications and Translation, and seeks an additional judgment of $92,700 for the value of the woman's forced labor." That's not much considering the woman was enslaved for five years. I hope she's told about civil suits.
Apparently This is the company's web site. It seems rather professional.
The husband is a student in linguistics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. You can see his photo at their site. I figured him to be older.
He is also on the Board of Directors for the Islamic Media Association
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