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A FILIPINO national was executed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the murder of a local “over money,” the Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday, October 8, 2024.“No official confirmation from Saudi authorities yet but yes, our Embassy in Riyadh reports that there was an execution. It was for murder of a Saudi national over money,” DFA Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said in a message to reporters.
In the end, our efforts were not successful as the victim’s family wanted the death penalty instead of accepting blood money,” he added.He refused to divulge information about the executed Filipino as the family wanted privacy.Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac, however, assured the provision of government assistance to the bereaved family, including in the immediate repatriation of the executed Filipino’s remains.
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