The execution of Indonesian migrant laborer Yanti Irianti in Saudi Arabia continued to generate controversy, one week after her death.
Irianti's widower, Gino, tried to meet with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday, to demand the government's accountability over her death. Yudhoyono refused to meet with Gino.
Migrant workers rights group, Migrant Care, said the case reflects the government's inability to protect Indonesian laborers overseas. Analyst Wahyu Susilo said the Indonesian embassy in Riyadh and the labor and transmigration department should have started diplomatic efforts to keep Irianti from execution.
"The authorities' failure to find out about Irianti's case is bewildering," Susilo said. "How did they fail to notify us about her, but managed to inform us about four workers who are on death row in Saudi Arabia?"
Yudhoyono pledged to repatriate Irianti's remains on her family's wishes and compensate the family for her death. Irianti was executed after a Saudi court found her guilty of killing her employer.
source: indonesia this morning
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