defense, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to death for allegedly killing his Sudanese landlord in 2009. A release posted on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) website confirmed that the male OFW has been meted the death penalty by the Saudi Court of First Instance on April 13 for allegedly stealing from and killing his landlord. The Middle East chapter of the migrant rights group Migrante said the Filipino worker who was not identified accidentally killed his landlord while defending himself. “According to him, he was beaten by his Sudanese landlord when he refused to pay his rent as his payment was not yet due; he fought back and accidentally killed the Sudanese (in) June 2009," Migrante regional coordinator John Leonard Monterona said in a statement. The DFA said the OFW used a hammer in the killing. According to Monterona, the 30-year-old is a native of Mexico town, Pampanga province, and was working in Riyadh as a tile setter, He has been in prison in Malaz Central jail since June 2009. Monterona said the worker he ran away from his original employer after he was allegedly not paid his salary for six months. He found another job and rented a room managed by the Sudanese.
