HIGHER SAUDI AUTHORITIES HAVE CONTACTED HIGH-RANKING AMERICAN AUTHORITIES TO SETTLE THE PROBLEM OF A SAUDI STUDENT NAMED HUMEIDAN AL-TURKI, WHO HAS BEEN RECENTLY IMPRISONED FOR A PERIOD RANGING BETWEEN 27 YEARS AND A LIFE SENTENCE, REPORTED SPA'S CORRESPONDENT IN WASHINGTON ABDUL-MUHSIN AL-MUSFIR. HUMEIDAN AL-TURKI WAS ARRESTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2004 BY THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF VIOLATING IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS, AND HE WAS LATER RELEASED ON BAIL. IN JUNE 2006, HE WAS ARRESTED AGAIN AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF MISTREATING HIS MAID. ON JUNE 30, 2006 HE WAS CONVICTED OF COMMITTING CRIMES AGAINST HIS INDONESIAN MAID. ON AUG 31,2006 HE WAS CONVICTED BY AN AMERICAN COURT FOR A PERIOD RANGING BETWEEN 27 YEARS AND A LIFE SENTENCE.
