More than 200 Indonesian citizens are currently facing the death penalty or other heavy sentences overseas, government officials said on Thursday.
They are sitting in jails across Asia, from Malaysia to Iran. According to a count by the government-sanctioned task force on migrant worker protection, better known as Satgas TKI, 149 Indonesian citizens are facing serious sentences in Malaysia, while 37 migrants face similar threats in Saudi Arabia. Fourteen others are sitting on death row in China, and one each in Brunei, Singapore and Iran.
The most serious cases lie in Saudi Arabia, where three migrant workers — Tuti Tursilawati, Siti Zaenab and Satina — are each facing "a critical situation," task force spokesman Humphrey Djemat said in the statement.
Source: JakartaGlobe, March 1, 2012
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