The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it has managed to collect Rp 2.3 billion ($261,000) in donations to help spare an Indonesian maid from beheading in Saudi Arabia.
According to the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh, Darsem binti Dawud from Subang, West Java, was found guilty by a Riyadh court in May 2009 for murdering her Yemeni employer. The judge sentenced her to death by beheading, despite Darsem's plea that the murder was an act of self defense because her employer tried to rape her.
In January the victim's family forgave Darsem and agreed to spare her if she came up with Rp 4.3 billion in compensation — or what is known in Arabic as “diyat." The Indonesian government has been given six months to collect the sum, but is allowed to request a time extension. More...
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