Regardless of the 'laws' (or lack thereof) i'd still expect any large multinational organisation to exercise a 'duty of care' to it's employees. Who knows, maybe this crew member became inconsolable after the incident. And to be fair, the incident does sound pretty traumatic. She was abused verbally and physically. So the answer is to suspend her without pay...because it's legal to do that?

It's legal in the UK for me to up and leave my eight and a half month pregnant wife who does not work and our two year old child. Would that make it ok? No. Sometimes there is a moral obligation involved. Or in the case of business, a duty of care. Especially one (although based in the mid east) that wants to be admired on a world wide stage.