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Director of Indonesian Citizen Protection and Indonesian Legal Entity at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lalu Muhammad Iqbal confirmed in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia on Monday (October 29) that the government of Saudi Arabia had executed a migrant worker from Majalengka, West Java, Tuti Tursilawati. To the media in Jakarta recently, Iqbal said that the execution of Tuti Tursilawati was carried out by the government of Saudi Arabia without prior notification. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno Marsudi has sent a protest to her Saudi Arabian counterpart, Adel Al-Jubeir and summoned the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Indonesia, Osama bin Mohammed Abdullah Al Shuaibi to be asked for the issue.

“One thing that is really unfortunate by the Indonesian Government is that the execution of Tuti Tursilawati was carried out by the Saudi Government without notification to the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh and the Indonesian Consulate in Jeddah. Therefore, the Indonesian Government has expressed concerns and protests about the way the Saudi Government carried out this execution. The first, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia has spoken directly to the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia in her protest. Then, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Jakarta and delivered a protest directly to the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Jakarta,” said Muhammad Iqbal.

Furthermore, Muhammad Iqbal said that the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had conveyed his condolences directly to the Tuti Tursilawati’s family in Majalengka, West Java. The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made various efforts to free or relieve Tuti Tursilawati from the death penalty. One of them was consular assistance from 2011-2018; The Ministry appointed lawyers and appealed three times, including conveying twice the President's letter to the Saudi King and various non-litigation efforts. Tuti Tursilawati was sentenced to death by a court in Saudi Arabia in June 2011 for allegedly killing her employer in 2010. (VOI/Rezha/RHM)