The embassy in its press statement received by Antaranews here on Sunday said that Jamilah was sentenced to death by the Saudi authorities after she murdered her employer, Salim Al-Ruqi, in 2007.
Jamilah who hailed from Cianjur, West Java, worked as an illegal domestic helper with a family of Salim Al Ruqi in Mecca after she left her first employer.
She was detained by the Saudi authorities on charges of murdering her employer, found guilty and sentenced to death by the Mecca high court on March 19, 2009 which was upheld by the Supreme Court of the Saudi Kingdom.
After several endeavors by the Indonesian consulate general in Jidda, the victim`s family gave Jamilah a pardon in May 2011.
With the pardon, Jamilah was freed from the threat of execution.
After completing all the requirements and processes in accordance with the regulations in force in the Saudi Kingdom, Jamilah was then moved from a Mecca jail to a Jidda prison, where preparations were made for her deportation.
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