mewata ape anduwath waga kiyanna ona. Ai bari ape anduwata blood money gewala hari me manussayawa beraganna bari une.. Indonesia maid kenekuta meka wela a aanduwa saudi unta salli gewala a kellawa bera gaththa.
The Indonesian government has announced that three foreign office officials have been sent to Riyadh to arrange the payment of blood money to spare a second maid execution in Saudi Arabia. Mahfudz Siddiq, chairman of House of Representative's Commission, says that the payment of Rp 4.7 billion (US$545,000) will come from "the Foreign Ministry's special budget to protect Indonesians," the
Jakarta Post reports.
Darsem binti Dawud Tawar, from Subang in West Java, was convicted by a Riyadh court in
May 2009 for murdering her Yemeni employer. Darshm pleaded self defence alleging her employer tried to rape her, yet still received the death sentence. She faces execution by beheading with a sword, the same fate suffered by Ruyati binti Sapubi who was beheaded on Saturday after being found guilt of murdering her Saudi employer with a meat cleaver. In January, the family of the murdered Yemeni man agreed to forgive Darsem if blood money, known as diyat, was paid. The Indonesian government was given six months to raise the necessary funds and has been soliciting donations spare Darsems life.
In March,
AOL news reported that the government was seeking donations through television and social net working sites, a move which led to criticism from the National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy.
A spokesperson for the group
said, "Donating money to people out of sympathy is one thing, but for the government, Darsem should not be a charity case. Helping her is an obligation. Why would the government need to gather donations from the public when they can allocate funding from the state budget to help her?"
The blood payment for Darsem should be completed within the next day or two. The abused maid will still be required to serve a prison sentence though it has not yet been announced if she will be repatriated or forced to serve her time in Saudi.
There is outrage at the moment in Indonesia due to the execution of Ruyati this weekend. There is great concern that domestic employees from Indonesia have few basic rights whilst working in Saudi. Most murders committed are due to abuse suffered at the hands of employers.
When Darsme's father was told the news that his daughter's life was about to be saved, he fainted.