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Lesson for Indonesia and warning for Saudi Arabia
Indonesian migrant worker Tuti Tursilawati was executed by Saudi Arabian authorities on Oct. 29 without any notification to the Indonesian government.
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Migrant Care Activist held a rally in front of the embassy of kingdom of Arab Saudi, Jakarta, Tuesday, March 20, 2018. (JP/Seto Wardhana.)
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ndonesian migrant worker Tuti Tursilawati was executed by Saudi Arabian authorities on Oct. 29 without any notification to the Indonesian government. Tuti had been found guilty of murdering her employer, Suud Malhaq Al Utaibi, regardless of her claim that she had defended herself against rape.
Tuti is the fifth Indonesian national to have been executed without prior notice to Jakarta.
Figures from Indonesian consulates in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait show that at least 3,627 female migrant workers have gone to the Indonesian mission offices to seek protection from acts of violence or rape by their employers. Last August, an Indonesian migrant woman, who had been reported missing for 13 years in Jordan, was found locked inside her employer’s home. Many questions have arisen, such as how exactly our migrant workers in the Middle East are doing, why we heard more about Jamal Khashoggi than the plight of Indonesian migrant workers and what Indonesia can do to change this situation.
As a nonpermanent member of the United Nations Security Council, effective from Jan. 1, 2019, and a true champion of world peace, Indonesia must be bolder and more courageous than ever in protecting the safety and the values of its own people through intensive diplomacy.
