INDONESIA: DOZENS OF MIGRANT WORKERS ON DEATH ROW

February 28, 2014: An official with the Foreign Ministry said 248 Indonesian migrant workers were on death row abroad, with the ministry having secured the release of 176.
“Most of our migrant workers were involved in drug cases followed by quarrels with employers and counterparts,” said Foreign Ministry official Tatang Razak on Friday.
He promised the ministry would go all out in its attempts to secure the release of the migrants. (Sources: The Jakarta Post, 01/03/2014)