14 Indonesians On Death Row In Saudi Arabia Seek Clemency
Muslim World News Updates
8 May 2009
RIYADH: The Indonesian government has
stepped up efforts to save the lives of 14 of its
citizens who are on death row in Saudi Arabia for
being convicted of involvement in a range of criminal
cases, including murder.
“Our missions in Riyadh and Jeddah will provide legal
assistance to these people and help them get a royal
pardon or their sentences commuted,” said an
Indonesian diplomat while reacting to a recent report
on the cases. He refused to divulge more details about
the cases.
The report said the Indonesian government had managed
to persuade the Saudi side to delay executions, citing
appeals for clemency to some of the victims’ families.
“We are intensifying our personal approach to family
members of the victims,” said the diplomat. The
Indonesian side has already requested the Saudi
government to grant royal clemency in some individual
cases, but the host government has not responded so
far, said another report obtained by Arab News
yesterday.
The report added that the Kingdom deported 24,020
Indonesians without valid work permits in 2008. Most
of them were employed as housemaids.
Between January and September last year, around 18,000
Indonesians working illegally in the Kingdom were
deported. These workers lacked the necessary legal
documents and had violated the terms of their visas,
according to the Indonesian Embassy.
Most of them entered the Kingdom using Umrah visas but
stayed to work, while others had work visas that had
expired. The report said more than 20,000 Indonesian
workers are deported from Saudi Arabia each year.
Some of 14 workers who are seeking pardon from the
Saudi government were found guilty many years ago.
Siti Zainab was sentenced to death several years ago
for killing her employer. The Indonesian Embassy has
repeatedly approached her victim’s family to secure a
pardon for her. “The Indonesian president has written
to the Saudi government twice about her case,” said
the report.
The report claimed that some of these workers
committed murders while acting in self-defense.
Others have been handed death sentences for killing
compatriots.
Last year, the Indonesian Embassy succeeded in
postponing the execution of six workers.
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