By: Arifin *)
“We succeeded in freeing 238 people, nearly 50 percent are freed. Today, only 229 are face the death penalty cases,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman, Armantha Nasir in his office, Central Jakarta (15/04) as reported Tribunnews.com. He said there are about 467 Indonesian people under sentence of death in other countries in the period 2011-2015.
In addition, the Director of the Protection of Indonesian Citizens and Legal Aid Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lalu Mohammad Iqbal said that the government managed to save the lives of five migrant workers from Banjarmasin, quoted by CNN Indonesia, Saturday(18/04).
According to him, the fifth citizen from Banjarmasin had been officially released,although still in Saudi Arabia. In the near future, they are able to return to their homeland.
Indonesian government still continues to save its citizens facing the death penalty abroad, is no exception with Siti Zaenab. According to official information the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , the Government of Indonesia through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made efforts legal aid to save Siti Zaenab, such as, legal and diplomatic measures, approaches the heirs of the victim , facilitate Siti Zaenab family visits, and offers diyat through Forgiveness Institute Medina of SAR600,000 (IDR 2 billion).
” From the beginning , the government has struggled to accompany concerned . And asks for forgiveness from the family , ” write a press release the Ministry of Foreign were quoted Okezone, on Tuesday ( 14/04).
In this case, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs A.M. Fahcir said President Joko Widodo has instructed several things to save 36 Indonesian citizens who are now under sentence of death in Saudi Arabia. “One of the most important is mediation with the families of the victims,” said Fachir in the Office of the President, Friday, 17/04, As quoted Tempo.co .
*) The Author is Jakarta Regional Contributors
