Shah Alam High Court, Malaysia released an Indonesian migrant worker named Mattari from the death penalty in the trial on Friday, Nov. 2.
Mattari, a 40-year-old man from Sampang, Madura, worked in the neighboring country as a construction worker. He was nabbed on December 14, 2016, in Kuala Lagat Selangor for allegedly killed a Bangladeshis near his workplace.
Police suspected the murder was due to Mattari’s jealousy over his wife. He was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code on the death sentence.
After undergoing 6 trials within two years, the judge decided Mattari be released from death penalty and imprisonment.
“Alhamdulillah, I can be free. Thank you for the government who has fought justice for me. Thank you,” said Mattari with teary eyes when arriving at the Indonesian Embassy (KBRI) in Kuala Lumpur, as quoted from a press release of the Foreign Affairs Ministry's director for protection of Indonesians, Lalu M. Iqbal, on Saturday, Nov 3.
During the trial, the attorneys of KBRI Kuala Lumpur from GooI & Azzura Law Firm requested for Dismissed Amount to Acquittal, considering lack of witness and evidence submitted by the public persecutor.
Mattari then rushed to the Embassy by the protection team of the Indonesians migrants in Kuala Lumpur. He had yet decided to return to their homeland or stay in Malaysia.
According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, throughout 2011-2018, a total of 437 Indonesian workers were threatened with the death penalty. As many as 301 of them were released, in 2018 itself there we 18 people. To date, a total of 136 migrant workers were threatened with the death penalty.
Source: tempo.co, November 2, 2018
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