Saturday, July 16, 2011

The Kingdom of darkness spares her the beheading in exchange for blood money.

Indonesian maid escapes execution in Saudi Arabia
Darsem binti Dawud Tawar holds her son on Wednesday at the Indonesian Foreign Ministry in Jakarta.
Darsem binti Dawud Tawar holds her son on Wednesday at the Indonesian Foreign Ministry in Jakarta
Just three weeks ago, Darsem binti Dawud Tawar was facing execution by beheading in Saudi Arabia for murder, which she claims was an act of self-defense. Now, finally back home in Indonesia, she is a free woman -- after the Indonesian government paid more than $500,000 in "blood money."

Holding her young son tightly, as she faced the glare of the media, Darsem was reunited with her family on Wednesday at the Indonesian Foreign Ministry in Jakarta. She first left her West Java hometown for a job as a maid in the Middle East in 2006, when her son was just a baby.

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