00:00This Saturday, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continued the beating of a Filipino who was arrested for murder.
00:08The Migrant Workers Department is now arranging his return home to his relatives.
00:13And Joseph Moro was arrested.
00:18Because of the fight for money, he was killed by a Filipino in Saudi Arabia
00:25who was his partner in Saudi Arabia in 2020.
00:28The victim was asking our fellow countryman for his share in the profits or something.
00:39They had a money dispute and that led to the confrontation.
00:43Pleaded guilty to the crime.
00:45The victim was ordered to be sent to the Philippines, but he was only arrested in the province.
00:50He was sentenced in Bitay in 2022,
00:53but he was postponed in 2023 because of President Bongbong Marcos' letter to the King of Saudi Arabia.
01:00However, this Saturday, he continued the beating of a Filipino through Qisas or retribution.
01:06If you kill somebody, Qisas means you will also be executed.
01:11According to the DFA, the government did everything, such as allocating blood money for the forgiveness of the victim of the family.
01:22The family of the victim refused to face the Philippines
01:26and the Filipino refused to see his family for the last time.
01:31Thoughts and prayers are with them.
01:33There is nothing that one can do to make it whole, but we will do our best.
01:46Even though the government of Saudi found a way to save the Filipino's life, but...
01:52It's a terrible tragedy and there was very little we had left to do.
01:58We had very few options left.
02:00We tried everything and for many, many years.
02:03And the Saudi government really tried to look and to be sure that the judgment of hanging was actually deserved.
02:21In another case, the DFA did not receive a salary of P52,000 from his employer to give to his family.
02:29In the Department of Migrant Workers, they are now coordinating with the Department of Foreign Affairs
02:34to bring back the Filipino who was hanged in Saudi.
02:37We are assisting the family.
02:40The DMW has visited the family and assured them that we are supportive.
02:47According to the DFA, there is one Filipino who was in a death row in Saudi Arabia.
02:51There are 83 Filipinos who were in a death row in different parts of the world because of different cases.
02:57For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong.
03:00Nakatutok 24 Horas.
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