Etty binti Toyib, center, reaches Soekarno-Hatta Airport Banten, after a continuously flight from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 6,2020 She has actually been spared from death sentence for murder conviction after paying the equivalent of $1 million in blood cash. (B1 Photo/Chairul Fikri)
BY: CHAIRUL FIKRI
JULY 07, 2020
Jakarta. An Indonesian migrant employee on death row for murder conviction in Saudi Arabia was released after she paid Rp 15.5 billion ($ 1 million) in blood cash to the kinfolk of the victim.
Etty binti Toyib arrived at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang, Banten on Monday afternoon after costs 18 years in a Saudi prison. Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah welcomed her at the airport.
I m so delighted to lastly show up in Indonesia. It was a very unpleasant experience to be secured for 18 years and I actually miss Indonesia, Etty informed reporters.
She was founded guilty in 2001 of poisoning her Saudi employer Faisal al-Ghamdi and sentenced to death.
But Etty rejected any wrongdoing when she spoke with Indonesian journalists and stated she was convicted since of miscommunication.
A group of Indonesian Muslim organizations and individuals have helped her gather the settlement fund, or diyya in Islamic terms.
As a federal government representative, I would like to thank the communities and the Nahdlatul Ulama in particular for their contribution that has made Etty s release possible,” Minister Ida stated.
Ida said Etty can not straight go back to her home town of Majalengka, West Java. She must initially spend 14 days at a quarantine facility in Jakarta to follow the government health procedure associated to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Indonesian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Agus Maftuh Abegebriel stated earlier it took intense settlements with the Saudi government and the family of the company before they lastly agreed to accept financial settlement and spare Etty from execution.
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