Worker's body flown home

TANGERANG (JP): The body of Wiwin Widianingsih, 22, an Indonesian woman who had been working in Saudi Arabia, arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Saturday afternoon after three weeks of uncertainty.

Wiwin was found dead on July 27 by her employer, Hamud Abdul Azis, after falling from his house.

"We did not believe when she was reported to have killed herself, while there was no explanation for why she would commit suicide," Wiwin's mother, Masriah, told reporters on Saturday at the airport.

"In her recent letters, Wiwin told us that her employer often asked her to give him a massage, but she refused to do so," she said, declining to give details of the letters' contents.

Wiwin's employer initially wanted her to be buried in Saudi Arabia, but the family insisted that the body be brought back home. Her body was eventually flown to Jakarta at the employer's expense.

The director general for training and employment at the Ministry of Manpower, Din Syamsuddin, said on Saturday that the Indonesian Embassy and the Indonesian Workers Agency in Saudi Arabia have launched an investigation into the matter.

"We'll bring the case to court if evidence shows that a crime has occurred," Din said.

"It's about a person's life. It cannot be measured with money."

The family planned to bury the body at their home in Pelumbansari village in Karawang regency, West Java. The date has not been announced. (41/edt)