Sri Lankan maid who was sentenced to be stoned in an adultery case in
Saudi Arabia has been spared from this mode of horrific death sentence.
Instead the convict has been sentenced to three year jail time after
several appeals made by the Sri Lankan government.
Harsha De Silva, Sri Lankan acting foreign minister said in a
statement,” The government of Sri Lanka is very happy to announce that
the appeal for clemency on the sentence was successful and the sri
Lankan national will have to serve a reduced term in prison”.
The 45-year-old married woman who served as a domestic helper in Riyadh
since 2013 was accused of adultery with another fellow Sri Lankan
migrant worker and sentenced to a harsh punishment of stoning to death
while the accomplice was given a lesser punishment of 100 lashes only as
he was not married. Though there were no immediate comments from Saudi
Arabia on the clemency reports and the announcement made by Sri Lankan
authorities.
Source: New Delhi Times
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