Indonesia Slams Saudi 'Manners' In Execution Row

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday condemned the beheading of an Indonesian maid in Saudi Arabia and accused Riyadh of breaking the "norms and manners" of international relations.

In unusually strident terms, the leader of the world's most populous Muslim-majority country said he had lodged a "strong protest" with the Saudi authorities over Saturday's execution of the Indonesian citizen for murder.

His comments signal Indonesia's growing anger over the treatment of its manual labourers in the Gulf countries, where rights groups say many migrant workers are treated like slaves and subjected to extreme abuse.