Department of Foreign Affairs said all efforts were made to help the Filipino including offering compensation. FACEBOOK/ DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

The Philippine government tried to save the Filipino executed in Saudi, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. This is after they confirmed on Tuesday (October 8) that an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) in Saudi Arabia was executed on October 5 for the murder of a local resident. The news of the execution came from the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh, but the DFA has not yet received an official statement from the Saudi government. The identity of the Filipino was not revealed at the family's request for privacy. According to the DFA, the case was linked to a financial dispute in October 2020 involving the OFW's unspecified business ventures in Saudi Arabia. The DFA said all efforts were made to help the Filipino, including offering compensation, but these were unsuccessful to prevent the execution. “The Philippine government provided legal assistance and exhausted all possible remedies, including a presidential letter of appeal. But the victim’s family refused to accept blood money in return for forgiveness of the Filipino, and so the execution proceeded,” according to the DFA in a statement. Foreign Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said that before the execution, the Filipino worker had filed a labor case against his employer, and a Saudi court ruled in August that the employer must pay 52,000 Saudi Riyals (P790,000) to the OFW. De Vega said in an online press conference that their lawyers would continue to seek ways to collect the amount directly from the employer and deliver it to the family. FLE/Expat Media
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