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Jakarta
(ANTARA News) - Some 26 Indonesian workers in Saudi Arabia are facing
execution, Vice Chairman of Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (SBMI) Ramses D
Arman said here on Thursday.
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| (ANTARA/Eric Ireng) |
"Some
26 of a total of 44 Indonesian workers involved in criminal cases in Saudi
Arabia have been sentenced to death and are waiting to be executed,"
Ramses said here on Thursday.
He said the
government must act fast to save the 26 citizens. "President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono must directly handle this matter and try to lobby the Saudi
Arabian government to prevent our citizens from being executed," Ramses
said.
Among the
26 Indonesian workers now waiting to be executed in Saudi Arabia is Tuti
Tursilawati (27 years old) from Cikeusik village, West Java. She left for Saudi
Arabia on Sept 5, 2009 and was placed as a caregiver for her employer`s father.
She was
arrested and sentenced to death in 2010 for murdering her employee`s father.
There was no information about her motive, but according to the vice chairman
of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (SBMI), Ramses D Arman, Tuti was raped
by her employer`s father before she killed him.
Up till
now, officials from the Indonesian consulate general in Jeddah were still
trying to save Tuti from execution by lobbying g the victim`s family to forgive
her.
Editor: Priyambodo RH
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