Indonesian workers face execution in Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Two Indonesian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia
\nmay face the death penalty if found guilty of murder.<\/p>\n
The Ministry of Manpower's director general of labor
\nplacement, Jack Iskandarsyah, said that Dimiyati Usro and another
\nunnamed Indonesian were currently on trial for murder.<\/p>\n
Dimiyati is accused of murdering his wife and his employer's
\nparents, while the other Indonesian is charged with bludgeoning
\nhis employer to death.<\/p>\n
Jack could not provide extensive details about the cases or
\nthe name of the labor contractor which took the two to Saudi
\nArabia.<\/p>\n
\"It could have been PT Abul Pratama,\" Jack said when asked
\nabout Dimiyati's labor contractor.<\/p>\n
But PT Abul Pratama director Faried Nahdi was quoted by Antara
\nas saying that he had not received any news either from the
\nIndonesian embassy in Riyadh, the Saudi government or the
\nMinistry of Manpower.<\/p>\n
\"I visited the ministry on Thursday, but there was no news
\nthat any of the company's migrant workers would be beheaded,\"
\nFaried said referring to the usual form of execution in Saudi
\nArabia.<\/p>\n
Faried added that he had gone through his files and could not
\nfind Dimiyati's name.<\/p>\n
Antara reported yesterday that the Indonesian Embassy had
\nprovided a local lawyer, Al Hasim, to defend the unnamed
\nIndonesian.<\/p>\n
Half of a dozen people from Women's Solidarity for Human
\nRights staged a peaceful demonstration yesterday at the Ministry
\nof Manpower demanding an explanation of Dimiyati's case.<\/p>\n
\"We regret that the information on the matter is not
\navailable,\" they said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The government has been criticized for its poor handling of
\nthe problems facing Indonesian migrant workers.<\/p>\n
Last year, Indonesians were shocked when they heard that a
\nmigrant worker, Solehah Anam Kadiran, had been beheaded in Mecca,
\nSaudi Arabia, in September.<\/p>\n
She had been convicted of killing her employer.<\/p>\n
People were even more outraged when they learned that Nasiroh
\nKarmudin, another female Indonesian worker in Saudi Arabia, was
\nalso about to be executed for a similar crime.<\/p>\n
Intensive diplomatic efforts worked in Nasiroh's favor as she
\nescaped the death penalty after one of the murdered man's wives
\npardoned her.<\/p>\n
Nasiroh still has to complete a five-year prison term which
\nends in September.<\/p>\n
Given the large number of problematic Indonesian workers in
\nSaudi Arabia, the government launched a massive airlift in
\nNovember to bring 24,000 workers home.<\/p>\n
There are about 600,000 Indonesians working legally in Saudi
\nArabia. Most of them are women.<\/p>\n
Saudi Arabia and Malaysia are the foreign countries with the
\nhighest number of Indonesian workers. (byg)<\/p>",
"url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/indonesian-workers-face-execution-in-saudi-arabia-1447893297",
"image": ""
},
"sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
"sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}