SAUDI GOVT APOLOGISES OVER EXECUTION

state news agency Antara reported that the Saudi Arabian government apologised for not notifying Indonesia prior to the execution of Indonesian migrant worker Ruyati bintu Sapubi, who was beheaded in Mecca. The Saudi Ambassador to Indonesia, Mohammad Amin Al Khayyat, apologised on behalf of his country. Sapubi was beheaded for murdering her female employer with a kitchen knife in January 2010.