Arientha Primanita – An official with the country's migrant worker protection board urged that a fee collected from overseas workers and pooled in a fund to be used for legal problems abroad be stricken from the Labor Law.

Jumhur, from the National Board for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Overseas Workers (BNP2TKI), said on Tuesday that the $15 dollar fee collected from every migrant worker heading overseas was ineffective and an unfair burden on the workers.

"We suggest that it is erased in the revision of the 2004 Labor Law No. 39 and we expect it would be completed this year," he said. "Let the state find the funds for workers' protection, don't burden it on the workers anymore."

His statement came after the recent beheading of Indonesian maid Royati binti Sapubi in Saudi Arabia. The BNP2TKI, which has been heavily criticized for failing to protect Royati, on Monday opened a crisis center for migrant workers and their families.

The government has also pledged to work to save all Indonesian migrant workers facing the death sentence in Saudi Arabia.

Martua Batubara, spokesman for the Justice and Human Rights Ministry, said the government had established a special task force in Saudi Arabia to provide legal advice to Indonesians facing execution in hopes of helping them win a reprieve.