Indonesia To Recall Envoy From Saudi Arabia Over Maid's Beheading

Indonesia To Recall Envoy From Saudi Arabia Over Maid's Beheading
JAKARTA, June 20 (Bernama) -- Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa said the government will send a formal protest to the Saudi Arabian government over the execution of an Indonesian migrant worker and recall its ambassador to the kingdom, Antara news agency reported.

The actions would be taken, in reaction to the beheading of Ruyati binti Satubi, an Indonesian female migrant worker (TKI).

.....Reports said that Ruyati was beheaded after she was found guilty of killing her Saudi employer by striking her repeatedly on the head with a meat cleaver and stabbing her in the neck.

Sapubi was 'upset because she was frequently yelled at and disappointed because her employer refused to let her return home,' a report said.
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Indonesia recalls ambassador over Saudi beheading
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JAKARTA — Indonesia on Monday recalled its ambassador to Saudi Arabia amid anger over the beheading of an Indonesian maid convicted of murdering her Saudi employer, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said.

Riyadh carried out the execution by sword without giving Indonesia prior notice, Natalegawa told reporters after being grilled about the government's response in parliament.

.....The woman, Ruyati binti Sapubi, was found guilty of murdering Saudi woman Khairiya bint Hamid Mijlid by striking her repeatedly on the head with a meat cleaver and stabbing her in the neck.

The migrant worker had been subjected to constant verbal abuse and refused permission to leave the kingdom, according to Indonesia's National Agency for Placement and Protection of Migrant Workers.

"In court, Ruyati confessed she killed her employer's wife after a quarrel because her request to be allowed to go home was turned down," agency chief Jumhur Hidayat told Antara news agency.

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Furore over Indonesian's beheading in Saudi
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Indonesians were outraged in April when a Saudi court overturned the conviction of a Saudi woman who had been jailed for three years for allegedly torturing her Indonesian maid.

Sumiati binti Salan Mustapa, 23, claimed her employer beat her causing internal bleeding and broken bones, scalded her head with an iron and slashed her with scissors, leaving her horribly disfigured and traumatised.