The government of Kuwait has expressed condolences and sympathies to the family of Jullebee Cabiles Ranara, the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who was found dead and burned in a desert in the said Middle Eastern country, as her family awaits the arrival of her remains to the Philippines.
In a virtual press conference Friday, Jan. 27, Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople said Kuwaiti Ambassador to the Philippines Musaed Sales Althwaikh, was "deeply saddened" by the incident even as he assured that it will be investigated thoroughly by the Kuwaiti government to bring justice to Ranara's death.
Ranara's body was scheduled to arrive in the country on Friday night via Emirate airline flight EK-334 at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3.
"The incident is being investigated by the Kuwaiti competent authorities and we assure you that the law in Kuwait and the judiciary will give justice to the victim. Ms. Jullebee will receive justice and the suspect will be punished accordingly," Althwaikh said in a letter addressed to Ranara's mother, Norlinda Casim Cabiles, and read by Ople.
"On my behalf and of my colleagues in the Embassy of the State of Kuwait, Manila, I would like to convey our sincere and deepest condolences to your family. May the soul of Jullebee rest in peace," the foreign envoy added.
Ople bared that Ranara's family also asked the public to refrain from spreading malicious information about the crime and allow them to grieve as reports from Kuwaiti media said that Ranara was pregnant when she was killed.
According to Kuwaiti media, the 17-year-old son of Ranara's employer was tagged as the suspect behind the grim killing and immediately arrested by the authorities after her burnt remains were found in a desert in Kuwait last Jan. 21.