SAUDI ARABIA: INDONESIA MAID ON DEATH ROW SPARED EXECUTION

An Indonesian maid on death row in Saudi Arabia for murder has been spared execution after the Indonesian government agreed to pay the remainder of the blood money she was due to pay. According to Press TV, Satinah Binti Jumadi Ahmad was sentenced to death in 2011 for murdering her employer’s wife and stealing money. She was due to be beheaded in the coming days.
The Saudi family had demanded seven million rials (USD 1.9 million). Contributions from businesses and a group representing companies that send migrant workers abroad fell three million short.
Indonesian Security Minister Djoko Suyanto said in the capital Jakarta on Thursday, “We have agreed to fulfill the family’s demands,” adding, “This will help to save Satinah from the death penalty.”
The government had already managed to delay the execution five times.
An Indonesian maid, named Ruyati Binti Sapubi, was beheaded in Saudi Arabia in June 2011 after confessing to killing her employer, saying he had abused her.