JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that five migrant workers from Indonesia have been released from the death penalty in Saudi Arabia.
According to the Foreign Ministry’s Director for Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Muhammad Iqbal, that five Indonesian migrant workers released from the death penalty are Saiful Mubarak, Sam’ani Muhammad, Muhammad Mursyidi, Ahmad Zizi Hartati, and Abdul Aziz Supiyani.
Iqbal explained that five Indonesian migrant workers from Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, have been released due to the mercy from the family of the victim.
Back in 2009, that five Indonesian migrant workers from Banjarmasin have been sentenced to death by local court in Saudi after being proven guilty for the murder of Saudi citizen namely Zubair bin Hafiz Ghul Muhammad in Mecca in 2006.
Previously, the Foreign Ministry also claimed that the Indonesian government has succeeded in releasing 22 Indonesian migrant workers from death penalty during the first five months of 2015. (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)