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.
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