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wo Indonesian citizens in Malaysia who were tried on charges that could have led to death sentences returned home on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

Officials handed over Siti Nurhidayah from Brebes, Central Java and Mattari from Bangkalan, East Java to their respective families on Thursday, sparking an emotional reunion at the ministry compound in Jakarta.

Siti was arrested for possession of crystal methamphetamine in Penang, Malaysia after flying in from Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 6, 2013. However, an investigation found that she was the victim of fraud, said Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, the director of the citizen protection unit.

During trial, Siti’s legal team was able to present several key witnesses who helped to get her acquitted of all charges on Nov. 15 last year.

“Our analysis results reinforced our belief that Siti Nurhidayah was a victim of fraud. We also proved that Mattari was wrongly arrested,” Iqbal said in a statement received on Friday.

Mattari was arrested on Dec. 14, 2016, while working at a construction site in Selangor. He was accused of murdering a Bangladeshi citizen whose body was found near his work site.

His legal team managed to convince the judge that the evidence for the case was inadequate, particularly given the absence of witnesses.

A Shah Alam High Court judge acquitted Mattari of all charges.

Since 2011, as many as 442 Indonesian citizens have been threatened with capital punishment in Malaysia. The government has managed to get 308 of them released, while another 134 are currently going through legal processes.