Workers protest death sentences

JAKARTA: Dozens of migrant workers grouped under the Working Forum for Domestic Helpers Justice rallied in front of the Singapore Embassy in South Jakarta on Friday, demanding clemency for their colleagues who are facing death sentence in that country.

The protesters also asked Singaporean and Malaysian governments to ratify the international convention for protection of migrant workers.

They said there were too many Indonesian domestic workers being denied justice despite abuses they had suffered.

The rally comes as two more Indonesian housemaids are facing death sentences for murders of their Singaporean employers. Earlier this year three Indonesian domestic helpers were sentenced to death for the same crime.

Migrant Care, a non-governmental organization, say that at least five more Indonesian migrant workers could receive the death penalty overseas soon. -- Antara