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Maid becomes millionaire in Saudi Arabia


"When an Indonesian housemaid travelled to Saudi Arabia nearly 10 years ago, she had apparently planned to make a few $thousands before returning home. Her dreams did not come true as she made a few $millions. A few years after she settled in her job in the western Saudi town of Taif, her wealthy Saudi employer Ali Al Yami decided to marry his Moslem domestic servant. Two years later, he died and left her SR20 million (Dh20 million). When the town court began distributing the funds left by Yami to their beneficiaries, the maid-turned-millionaire turned up with a new husband, a Yemeni man. And when the husband was asked about his bank account to transfer the funds, he insisted on receiving the money in cash."


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